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`` No , she has put us upon our honor , and if we do n't do the square thing I think she 'll have a right to call us -- sneaks . '' `` Carrie , you 're hitting out pretty straight from the shoulder , '' cried her friend Rose , with a short laugh . `` Well , maybe ; but I did n't miss myself in the trial of my muscle , '' was the dry rejoinder . There was much more talk after the same order , the ayes and nays on the question of `` open confession '' being about equally divided ; while all began to feel that there was n't quite as much fun as they had anticipated to be gotten out of midnight escapades . `` Well , sophies , I 'll tell you what I 'm going to do , '' finally said Miss Archer , breaking in upon the hubbub of voices , a look of determination settling over her face , `` but first I 'll say what I 'm not going to do : I 'm never going to hear it said that I forced somebody else to stand in a gap that I had n't the courage to fill . I 'm not going to sneak out of sight behind another to save myself . I started this ball rolling and planned the details of the affair , and , now , I am going straight to Prof. Seabrook and tell him so and swallow the bitter pill he gives me with what grace I can .