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`` After all , there 's a good deal in just declining to entertain them . I think the grip is a sort of bully who attacks people who are afraid of him and keeps away from the ones who are not cowards . '' The three girls spent half a day in bed sleeping off their weariness , and on Friday afternoon they were able to call on Mrs. McLean , who , being a hardy Scotchwoman , was none the worse from the walk . The doctor , she said , had been up since seven o'clock attending to his patients . `` The truth is , '' she added , `` he would not have missed the sight for anything -- the whole world turned into a skating rink and the campus the centre of it . '' Everybody in Wellington who could wear skates was out that afternoon . The campus and golf links , as well as the lake , were covered with circling , gliding figures .