"Very much indeed. Please put my name down for ten shillings."
"A whole half-sovereign! How generous you are! Most of us have only given half-crowns. We shall have twenty-five shillings now, and that ought to buy something really nice. Miss Drummond has promised to get it for us in Chetbourne. We don't know whether to choose a russia leather writing-case or a silver-topped, cut-glass scent bottle. I think you ought to have the casting vote, as you're giving so much more than anyone else."
"No; you settle it with the rest of the Form. I don't mind which, but it must be what the others like best."
"Well, I'll tell the girls what you say. I must go now, because Miss Drummond said I mustn't stay more than half an hour."
"Here are my keys," said Aldred. "If you'll unlock the workbox on my dressing-table, you'll find the half-sovereign in the lid. I can't go downstairs myself to fetch it."
"All right. I shall put your name first on the list."
"Oh, please don't! I'd rather have it last of all, if you don't mind."
"'I THINK I UNDERSTAND,' SAID ALDRED"