“It wasn’t her he loved!” Miss Gault shouted suddenly⁠—so suddenly that Wolf moved backwards, as if she had lifted her hand to hit him.

“Who didn’t love whom?” he vociferated in response; while two small boys of the Ramsgard Preparatory School nudged each other and peered at them inquisitively.

“What are you staring for? Urchins! ” cried Miss Gault.

“All the same they’re nice boys,” she muttered. “Look! I’ve hurt their feelings now; and they really are very polite. Here, children, come here!”