You ought to be glad--" "You weren't at Sinkhole camp that night I 'phoned." Mary V looked at him accusingly.
"Oh, _weren't_ I ?" Johnny took refuge in mockery.

"How do you know ?" Naturally, Mary V disliked to tell him how she knew.

She shied from the subject.

"You're the most _secretive_ thing; you are doing something dad doesn't know about, but you ought to know better than to think you can fool _me_.

Really, I should not like to see you get into trouble with my father, even though--" "Even though I am merely your father's hired man.