Yet if she did write the note, she should have realized that going to Mrs.Gray's would scarcely keep me away long enough to miss my first entrance.

You know I don't come on until the second scene." "There is something more behind this," said Grace, "and I'm going to find out, too." She darted to the door and opened it upon Nora and Jessica, who were on the threshold.
"We can't find them," they cried in alarm, "but we told Miss Tebbs and she'll be here in a minute." "We didn't say a word to any one else," said Nora, "because they must be somewhere about, and there is no use in stirring up a lot of unnecessary excitement." "Wise little Nora," said Grace, patting her on the shoulder.

"Here comes Miss Tebbs now." She stepped courteously aside to allow the teacher to enter the dressing room, then, following her, closed the door.
"What is this I hear about losing your costumes, Anne ?" asked Miss Tebbs rather impatiently.

"I cautioned the girls last night about taking care of their things." Anne flushed at the teacher's curt tones.
"I put them all in that corner, plainly marked, before I left here last night," she answered.

"When I came here to-night they were gone." "That is strange," said the elder woman.