Let 's do it , girls . '' Cyrilla 's sudden enthusiasm for her plan infected the others . `` It 's a nice idea , '' said Mary , brightening up . `` But who 's to write to whom ? I 'm willing to take anybody but Miss Marshall . I could n't write a line to her to save my life . She 'd be horrified at anything funny or jokey and our letters will have to be mainly nonsense -- nonsense of the best brand , to be sure , but still nonsense . '' `` Better leave Miss Marshall out , '' suggested Carol . `` You know she disapproves of us anyhow . She 'd probably resent a letter of the sort , thinking we were trying to play some kind of joke on her . '' `` It would never do to leave her out , '' said Cyrilla decisively . `` Of course , she 's a bit queer and unamiable , but , girls , think of thirty years of boarding-house life , even with the best of Plunketts . Would n't that sour anybody ? You know it would . You 'd be cranky and grumbly and disagreeable too , I dare say . I 'm really sorry for Miss Marshall . She 's had a very hard life . Mrs. Plunkett told me all about her one day . I do n't think we should mind her biting little speeches and sharp looks . And anyway , even if she is really as disagreeable as she sometimes seems to be , why , it must make it all the harder for her , do n't you think ?
So she needs a letter most XXXXX all .
Carol Plunketts about as at for if of that to