Being an orderly girl, she returned to the bed and took the cape and the hat to her clothes-closet.

She opened the door of this sanctuary, and, in the dark, hung her cape upon a hook and placed her hat upon the shelf.

Then she closed the door again, having noted nothing unusual, though she had an impression that the place needed airing.

She descended to the dinner table.
The other members of the family were already occupied with the meal, and the visitor was replying politely, in his non-masticatory intervals, to inquiries concerning the health of his relatives.

So sweet and assured was the condition of Sam and Penrod that Margaret's arrival from her room meant nothing to them.