“We were in it too, Miss Stone,” Joyce said. “It doesn’t seem fair to us for Robin to take all the blame.”
The principal looked at them indifferently.
“Possibly I have not understood fully,” she said, with cold politeness. “You mean me to believe that you were concerned in the robbery yesterday?”
Joyce flushed angrily.
“We knew Robin meant to take the things—if she could.”
“Quite so. And you were willing to let her do it?”
“It was only a joke—another girl had dared her to do it.”
“But you did not help in this very peculiar species of joke?”
“No. But we would have, if Robin had wanted help.”
“They had nothing whatever to do with it, Miss Stone!” Robin interrupted, hotly. “It was entirely my own affair. It’s quite ridiculous for them to come in with me. I’m the only one who should be punished.”