When the nurse-girl, Emma Davies, sat on the lap of the school mistress, Miss Maddox, her boots kept flying off, like the boot laces in The Daemon of Spraiton.
All this was printed in the London papers, and, on 15th November, The Daily Telegraph and Daily News published Emma's confession that she wrought by sleight of hand and foot.

On 17th November, Mr.Hughes went from Cambridge to investigate.

For some reason investigation never begins till the fun is over.

On the 9th the girl, now in a very nervous state (no wonder!) had been put under the care of a Dr.
Mackey.

This gentleman and Miss Turner said that things had occurred since Emma came, for which they could not account.