"Couldn't get up the teams without them, I'm afraid," sniggered Minnie Selburn.
Adah stared hard at Minnie, who straightened her face and sat up stiffly.
"In the matter of hockey, of course, everybody in the school, whether day girl or boarder, will be invited to join," continued Adah.
"Some of those Hawthorners are jolly good," ventured Mona Bardsley.
"They won ever so many matches last year, I believe," added Alice Webster.
"Whom did they play?" asked Adah quickly.
"I do," said Avelyn, speaking for the first time. "It was Workington Ladies' College, Mirton High School, Redlands County School, and Harlingden Ladies' Team, and they beat them all, except Harlingden, and that was a draw."
Adah was rapidly scribbling some entries in her notebook.
"We'll challenge Workington Ladies' College," she announced. "I wanted us to do it last year, but we decided our team wasn't strong enough. I'll write to their secretary to-night and make a fixture. It would be a tremendous triumph for Silverside to beat Workington. They've rather a reputation."