If I made a fuss over it some one might say it was only an excuse, that I hadn't really lost it, but just wished to gain time.

I hope Miss Duncan won't think that." "No one in this house would say so," contradicted Anne loyally.
"But suppose Alberta Wicks or Mary Hampton heard of it?
They might circulate that rumor.

I hate to seem so suspicious, but an ounce of prevention, you know.

I will write it over and say nothing further about it." Having made up her mind on the subject Grace promptly dismissed it from her thoughts.
Miss Duncan did look rather suspiciously at Grace as she related her misfortune.

Grace's gray eyes met hers so fairly and truthfully, however, that she was forced to believe the young woman's statement.