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The thunder rumbled nearer and nearer. Now and then a vivid flash of lightning split the sombre clouds. At such times the nervous girls would jump in their seats, and there would follow hysterical, though quickly subdued, bursts of laughter from their more stolid mates, or the boys. The four who were to go on the walking tour together were in the Latin class. Amy was standing up, translating  or trying to translate  a passage from Caesar. She halted and stammered, though usually she got perfect marks in this study. THE THUNDER RUMBLED NEARER AND NEARER NOW AND THEN A VIVID FLASH OF LIGHTNING SPLIT THE SOMBRE SKY AT SUCH TIMES NERVOUS GIRLS WOULD JUMP IN THEIR SEATS AND THERE WOULD FOLLOW HYSTERICAL THOUGH QUICKLY SUBDUED BURSTS OF LAUGHTER FROM THEIR MORE SOLID MATES OR THE BOYS FOUR WHO WERE TO GO ON THE WALKING TOUR TOGETHER WERE IN THE LATIN CLASS AMY WAS STANDING UP TRANSLATING OR TRYING TO TRANSLATE A PASSAGE FROM CAESAR SHE HALTED AND STAMMERED THOUGH USUALLY SHE GOT PERFECT MARKS IN THIS STUDY
he can run the school. I'll show her that she can't!" "And if they knew what I know about Amy Stonington I don't believe they'd be so thick with her." "What do you mean?" "It's a secret." "Oh, tell me, Alice," pleaded Kittie. "You know I won't ever tell--honest!" "Promise?" "Promise!" "Well then--oh, come over here. There's that horrid Sadie Jones trying to hear what we're saying," and the two girls, arm in arm, strolled off to a distant part of the court. The afternoon session wore on. The day grew warmer, the sky became overcast, and there was the dull muttering of distant thunder. There seemed a tension in the air--as if something was going to snap. Doubtless you have often felt it--a sensation as though pins and needles were pricking you all over. As though you wanted to scream--to cry out--against an uncertain sensation that gripped you. In the various classrooms the droning voices were heard--of the pupils in recitations, or of the teachers as they patiently explained some point. Y INDEED WE WON'T AGREED HER CHUM THAT BETTY NELSON THINKS SHE CAN RUN THE SCHOOL I'LL SHOW HER THAT SHE CAN'T AND IF THEY KNEW WHAT I KNOW ABOUT AMY STONINGTON I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'D BE SO THICK WITH HER WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S A SECRET OH TELL ME ALICE PLEADED KITTY YOU KNOW I WON'T EVER TELL HONEST PROMISE PROMISE WELL THEN OH COME OVER HERE THERE'S THAT HORRID SADIE JONES TRYING TO HEAR WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND THE TWO GIRLS ARM IN ARM STROLLED OFF TO A DISTANT PART OF THE COURT THE AFTERNOON SESSION WORE ON THE DAY GREW WARMER THE SKY BECAME OVERCAST AND THERE WAS A DULL MUTTERING OF DISTANT THUNDER THERE SEEMED A TENSION IN THE AIR AS IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO SNAP DOUBTLESS YOU HAVE OFTEN FELT IT A SENSATION AS THOUGH PINS AND NEEDLES WERE PRICKING YOU ALL OVER AND THOUGH YOU WANTED TO SCREAM TO CRY OUT AGAINST AN UNCERTAIN SENSATION THAT GRIPPED YOU IN VARIOUS CLASSROOMS A DRONING VOICES WERE HEARD OF THE PUPILS IN RECITATION OR OF THE TEACHERS AS THEY PATIENTLY EXPLAINED SOME POINT
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