She went on fastening her brooch.

"Did you like it ?" she asked, carelessly.
"An accident happened to it, I am sorry to say," explained Rose.

"Mr.
Allen and I were out in the grove, and somehow he jostled me, and the candy got scattered on the ground, and he stepped on it." "Were you and he alone out there ?" asked Lucy, in a very quiet voice.
Rose looked at her amazedly.

"Why, no, not when that happened!" she replied.

"Aunt Sylvia was there, too." She spoke a little resentfully.