human
There doesn't seem anything new, mourned Mollie.
gpt
Of course concerts and plays and charades are very well in their way, but they're done every time.
human
We all like them,
gpt
Oh yes, we like them; but it would be so nice to have a change.
human
Can't anybody make a suggestion?
gpt
The things we really want to do are just the things we can't, sighed Betty.
human
If I could choose, I'd vote for a bonfire and fireworks.
gpt
Or a torchlight picnic, prompted Sylvia.
human
It would make a nice excitement for the special constables to come and arrest us, as they most certainly would. What a heading it would make for the newspaper--'A Ladies' School in Prison. No Bail Allowed'! Would they set us to pick oakum?
gpt
But seriously, do think of something practical. Have your brains all gone rusty?
human
There are progressive games,
gpt
St. Githa's are giving them. I know it for a fact. They sent to Whitecliffe for marbles and boxes of pins and shoe-buttons to make 'fish-ponds'. They get first innings, so it would be too stale if our evening were to be just a repetition of theirs.
human
Couldn't we have a dance? I don't mean an ordinary dance, but something special. Suppose we were all to dress up to represent different nations. We could have all the Allies.
gpt
Ripping! But how could we manage enough costumes?
human
We'd make them up with coloured paper and ribbons. It shouldn't be very difficult.
gpt
It's a jolly good idea,