noon
Would n't it be nice if she and Cécile should be good friends _ too _ ! '' She put her arm about her new comrade 's waist , convinced that they were now intimates of long standing . They ran together to take their places at the sound of the bell ; all during the rest of the morning session she smiled radiantly at the new-comer whenever their eyes met . She planned to walk part way home with her at noon , but she was detained for a moment by the teacher , and when she reached the front gate , where Judith was waiting for her , Camilla was nowhere in sight . Judith explained with some disfavor that a surrey had been waiting for the Fingál girls and they had been driven away . Sylvia fell into a rhapsody over her new acquaintance and found to her surprise -LRB- it was always a surprise to Sylvia that Judith 's tastes and judgments so frequently differed from hers -RRB- that Judith by no means shared her enthusiasm . She admitted , but as if it were a matter of no importance , that both Camilla and Cécile were pretty enough , but she declared roundly that Cécile was a little sneak who had set out from the first to be `` Teacher 's pet . ''