Her face turned pale.

"He's angry with Snap!" she exclaimed to herself in a whisper.

The next minute he appeared in view; walking rapidly, with his head down and Snap at his heels in disgrace.

The sudden excess of her alarm as she observed those ominous signs of something wrong rallied her natural energy, and determined her desperately on knowing the worst.

She walked straight forward to meet her father.
"Your face tells your news," she said faintly.