In fact, at this moment, the seaward view from any Brighton window resembled nothing so much as an attempt at water-colour that a schoolgirl has got into a hopeless mess through washing and washing away at her skies, until she has got her heaviest colour smudged over the horizon-line.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
Any silly schoolgirl can learn that.
"Jane Lends A Hand"
Shirley Watkins
Somehow she could no longer face the man's steady eyes without betraying herself like some weak, silly schoolgirl.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum