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`` Of course , then , you ca n't have a treat '' -- and she wasted no sympathy on them . Judith could have wept with vexation and disappointment . At half-past eight the crew of the `` Jolly Susan '' crept sadly into bed and listened to the laughter of the prefects gathered in Catherine 's room , devouring _ their _ supper . Sally May had gone to the Infirmary , but one vow was registered by the other chastened souls in the `` Jolly Susan '' -- `` No more midnight suppers ! '' THE last two weeks had been so full of other things that lessons and their preparation had taken a somewhat secondary place in the thoughts of Form Five , and , in consequence , they had merited and received many rebukes . Sally May had spent two hours of a precious Saturday afternoon learning poetry , for she had failed miserably in the last literature test ; Josephine had been her companion in disgrace , and had even had to spend a precious Friday evening `` in durance vile '' because of returned lessons . Judith 's pride had been badly hurt by Miss Hilton 's comment written in her geometry exercise book , `` Very poor work , indeed , untidy and careless , '' and , worse still , when the lists were posted for the mid-term Latin examination , Judith 's name had been halfway down with fifty-six marks to her credit .