"She'll turn up again.
Carlia's well able to take care of herself." The father came in.

He told what had been done to try to find the missing girl.

Not a word had they heard, not a clue or a trace had been discovered.

The father tried hard to control his emotions as he talked, but he could not keep the tears from slowly creeping down his face.
"And I suppose I'm greatly to blame" he said.

"I have been told as much by some, who I suppose, are wiser than I am.