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Monica and the Fifth BY BRENDA PAGE Author of "Schoolgirl Rivals" With Four Illustrations in Colour and Black and White By ELIZABETH EARNSHAW CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney First published 1928 Printed in Great Britain CONTENTS CHAPTER 1\. The First Day 2\. Enter the Black Sheep 3\. An Amazing Confession 4\. Allison Interferes 5\. The Hockey Shield 6\. Nat gets Her Chance 7\. "Not Playing the Game!" 8\. Thrills for the Fifth 9\. While the Cat's Away 10\. Lost, Stolen or Strayed? 11\. The Telegram 12\. Sentence is Delayed 13\. A Sensational Paper-chase 14\. A Riddle is Solved 15\. Allison Tells a Story 16\. Nat makes a Discovery LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "With the envelope in her hand she hesitated and glanced round guiltily" ... Frontispiece "Everyone gazed at her with unrestrained curiosity" "'Jumping Jehoshaphat,' exclaimed Madge, 'what have you been doing to your study!'" "For one horrible moment she hung there suspended by her hands" Monica and the Fifth CHAPTER I THE FIRST DAY The first day of a new school-year at colleges and boarding-schools is of necessity devoted entirely to the arrival of the boarders, unpacking and settling down. St. Etheldreda's was no exception to this rule. Undoubtedly the busiest girl in the whole school on that important Tuesday—the first day of the autumn term—was Madge Amhurst, late of the Fifth Form, but now promoted to the double dignity of the Sixth and a prefectship. Madge had been selected by the house mistress, Miss Perkins, to receive and take charge of all the new girls, and she was performing her first duty as a prefect with remarkable conscientiousness; not that Madge was always so painstakingly conscientious, but she was the… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmonica-and-the-fifth) The sample continues in the full work. 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