Are you sure you didn't close the door after you.

It has a spring lock, you know." "I thought I left it open," mused Grace, "but I might have unconsciously pulled it to." "It is very strange," replied Anne, in whose mind a vague suspicion had taken root.

Then she made a mental resolve to do a little private investigating on her own account.
When Grace reached home that night she found two boxes awaiting her.
"Oh, what can they be ?" she cried in great excitement, for it was not every day that she found two imposing packages on the hall table, at the same time, addressed to her.
"Open them and see, little daughter," replied Grace's father, pinching her unscratched cheek.
The one was a large box of candy from her classmates, the contents of which they helped to devour the next day.
The other box held a bunch of violets and lilies of the valley.

In this were two cards, "Mrs.Robert Nesbit" and "Mr.David Nesbit." "Poor old David!" thought Grace, as she buried her nose in the violets.
"He is trying to atone for Miriam's sins.".