"I will not have these people in my room, Alicia Reynolds! Do you hear me? I won't!" Elsie Noble had turned on Alicia, her small black eyes snapping. "Half this room happens to be mine," tranquilly reminded Alicia. "Have a seat, girls." "No, thank you. We won't stay long enough for that." Jane's tone was equally composed. "We came to see _you_, Miss Noble." "I won't stay," shrieked the enraged girl, and started for the door. Alicia reached it ahead of her. Calmly turning the key, she dropped it into her blouse pocket. "Yes; you will stay, Elsie," she said with quiet decision. "You tried to make trouble between Jane and me. We've found you out. Now, you'll listen to what Jane has to say to you. If you don't, you may be sorry." Her back against the locked door, Elsie Noble glared at her captors for an instant in speechless fury. Then she found her voice again. "I'll report every one of you for this! It's an outrage!" she shrilled. The threat lacked strength, however. A coward at heart, she already stood in fear of the accusing quartette which confronted her. "Just a moment, Miss Noble. We have no desire to detain you any longer than we can help." Jane's intonation was faintly satirical. "We came here for two purposes. One is to tell you that you must stop making trouble for us among your classmates. You know what you have done. So do we. Don't do it again. I will also trouble you for that paper you have been circulating among the freshmen." "I don't know what you're talking about," hotly denied the culprit. Her eyes, however, shifted uneasily from those of her accusers. "Oh, yes you do." Judith now took a hand. "You ought to know. Don't you remember? You began it, 'We the undersigned,' and ended your little stunt with the names of as many freshmen as were foolish enough to listen to you." "You seem to think you know a whole lot," sneered Elsie. "I'm very sure not one of you ever saw such a paper as you describe." "We did not see it, but we know four girls who did," Jane informed with quiet significance. "They were asked to sign it and refused. They are quite willing to testify to this should we see fit to take the matter to President Blakesly or Miss Rutledge."