"Somebody's boy got a commission—don't all rush——"
But already they all had made a rush to the window, where Vic was lifting up a corner of the white casement curtain to peep.
They crowded five deep behind her.
"It is an officer too!" announced the red-haired girl. "Captain!"
"I say, isn't he tall!"
"Doesn't he make carroty little Rhys look a shrimp?"
"Dark, isn't he? I do like dark men. A fair man always looks so quiet."
"Huh! 'Looks'! This one looks 'quiet' enough, but I daresay——"
"Whatever's he coming here for?"
"He's not coming in; no such luck."