Chapter I: Front Matter

A Pair of Schoolgirls

By ANGELA BRAZIL

"Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a
story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--=Bookman.=

My Own Schooldays.

Captain Peggie.
Schoolgirl Kitty.
The School in the South.
Monitress Merle.
Loyal to the School.
A Fortunate Term.
A Popular Schoolgirl.
The Princess of the School.
A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl.
The Head Girl at the Gables.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl.
For the School Colours.
The Madcap of the School.
The Luckiest Girl in the School.
The Jolliest Term on Record.
The Girls of St. Cyprian's.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth.
The New Girl at St. Chad's.
For the Sake of the School.
The School by the Sea.
The Leader of the Lower School.
A Pair of Schoolgirls.
A Fourth Form Friendship.
The Manor House School.
The Nicest Girl in the School.
The Third Class at Miss Kaye's.
The Fortunes of Philippa.

LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C.

A Pair of Schoolgirls

A Story of School Days

BY

ANGELA BRAZIL

Author of "The New Girl at St. Chad's" "A Fourth Form Friendship"
"The Manor House School" &c.

_ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN CAMPBELL_

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

_Printed in Great Britain by
Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow_

Contents

CHAP. Page

I. A SCHOOL ELECTION 9

II. WHAT DOROTHY OVERHEARD 24

III. A RETROSPECT 39

IV. DOROTHY MAKES A FRIEND 55

V. A LITERATURE EXERCISE 68

VI. A PROMISE 84

VII. ALISON'S HOME 101

VIII. A SHORT CUT 120

IX. DOROTHY SCORES 132

X. MARTHA REMEMBERS 151

XI. ALISON'S UNCLE 169

XII. THE SUBTERRANEAN CAVERN 181

XIII. A SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY 199

XIV. WATER PLANTAIN 216

XV. A CONFESSION 229

XVI. THE WILLIAM SCOTT PRIZE 244

Illustrations

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"'YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE!' DECLARED ALISON" 110
_Frontispiece_

THE NEW GIRL 56

IN DISCREET HIDING 124

A LESSON IN GOLF 178

A NURSING EXPERIENCE 212

A PAIR OF SCHOOLGIRLS