She drew the piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it round for everybody to see. It was written in Muriel's rather peculiar handwriting, so there was no possibility of a mistake. There it was in black and white: "How do you state Question 5? Ought the answer to be in bales of silk or days?"
It was Muriel's turn now to flush red; she really had not a word to say for herself, and turned hastily away. Her three friends looked extremely blank, and Maud Greening murmured something about a mistake.
"Well," exclaimed Cissie Gardiner, "who talked about cheating, I should like to know?"
"And said it was called sneaking?" said Maggie Woodhall.
"I think some people can be very deceitful," said Winnie Robinson.
"She oughtn't to have been going to show Muriel how to work sums in the middle of the exam., though," said May Firth.
"She doesn't understand exams.; she never had them at her other school," explained Enid, "so she didn't really know she oughtn't. Did you, Patty?"
"Indeed I didn't," declared Patty. "I won't do such a thing another time."
"Well, there's a vast difference, at any rate, between wanting to help people and trying to copy their sums," said Winnie.
"I hope you all thoroughly understand the matter now," said Enid.