"Well, I do now."
"Miss Ormerod's as hard as nails."
"I want to call her 'ramrod' myself."
"Oh, don't be clever, please."
"She blinks and winks through those spectacles."
"Don't you hate spectacles?"
"And there's a little sort of grate in her voice, and then she clears her throat, and you know she's going to say something unpleasant."
"I meant to like her," declared Ernie thoughtfully. "I came to school on her first day prepared to adore her. I think it was because I once knew a Miss Ormerod who was very pretty. Well, I tell you, directly I saw her I got a shock. I thought I had never seen anyone so horrid in my life. I felt we were opposite poles. I don't know when I took such an intense dislike to anybody. It's what you call an 'antipathy'."
"Not 'love at first sight' exactly!"
"Hardly!"