Rosalie did not know that the teacher was to leave Tinkletown surreptitiously until after the spelling-bee.

The sly, blushing announcement came as a shock, but she was loyal to her friend, and not a word in exposure escaped from her lips.

Of course, she knew nothing of the sensational developments that followed the uncalled-for flight of Elsie Banks.
Shortly after the supper dishes had been cleared away Rosalie came downstairs and announced that she was going over to read to old Mrs.
Luce, who was bedridden.

Her guardian's absence was not explained to her, and she did not in the least suspect that he had been away all day on a fool's errand.

Roscoe and Bud accompanied her to Mrs.Luce's front door, heavily bound by promises to hold their tongues regarding Miss Banks.
"We left her there at old Mis' Luce's," related Roscoe, "an' then went over to Robertson's Pond to skate.