I did not know you were in the house.

I thought the girls had gone to their classes." [Illustration: "Did I Startle You, Miss Ward ?"] "I--I--am late," stammered Evelyn.

"I'm going to my botany recitation in a minute.

I--expected a letter.

Here is the mail." She thrust the letters she had been holding into Grace's hand, and, turning, almost ran up the stairs.
For an instant Grace's eyes followed Evelyn's disappearing figure, then she turned her attention to the letters.