Marlowe's harsh words made the girls, who were already smiling happily, turn sour again.
Emma saw that they all looked reluctant to take a drink from the refrigerator. So she decided to go to the kitchen to get a cold drink for herself and set an example. She thought they shouldn't think too much and just do what Marlowe said.
"Thank you for the drink, Sir," said Emma, holding up the cold drink bottle in her hand.
She wouldn't stand on ceremony with Marlowe because she knew he was not used to it.
Seeing Emma enjoying a cold bottled drink, the other girls swallowed hard. Everyone suddenly became thirsty. Moreover, they had been walking around the campus area under the hot sun.
Finally, getting rid of their shyness, they went to the kitchen and took their drinks.