"Look here—clear out of our classroom!"
"Not until I've asked a few questions," returned Gipsy firmly. "Is the developing machine the property of the Photographic Guild?"
"I suppose it is," grudgingly admitted Ada Dawkins.
"Then why aren't all members allowed to use it?"
"Because we're not going to have it spoilt by kids' meddlesome fingers. That's the reason, and a very good one too!"
"The Juniors pay their subscriptions as well as the Seniors, so they've a right to everything that's the common property of the Guild," persisted Gipsy.
"No, they haven't!" snapped Helen Roper, the head girl. "Nobody but members of the Committee has a right to anything. If you think we're going to let you Juniors come interfering, you're just mistaken, and the sooner you undeceive yourselves the better."
"We only want our rights."
"Rights? You've got no rights! It's privilege enough for you to be allowed to belong to the Guild at all."
"A great privilege to pay our shillings!"