She was confident that Miss Wilder would state frankly to Evelyn why she had been spared.
Her conjecture was only too well grounded.

When Evelyn appeared in the dean's office at precisely four o'clock, half anxious, half defiant, Miss Wilder read her a lecture, the cutting severity of which caused Evelyn to flush and pale with humiliation and anger.

"Remember, Miss Ward," she emphasized, "it is solely due to Miss Harlowe's intercession in your behalf that I have decided to allow you to remain at Overton." "Oh, dear, I hope she isn't going to make Evelyn apologize to me," was Grace's thought.

"Why did Miss Wilder ask me to come here to-day ?" As if in answer to her unspoken question, Miss Wilder went on to say, "Miss Harlowe came to me last night and asked me not to send you home.

I requested her to be present to-day to hear what I wished to say to you.
I trust, Miss Ward, that, hereafter, you will see fit to observe the rules of Overton College and live up to them, as a second infringement of this nature will mean instant dismissal from Overton.