"She was practically thunderstruck when she learned we were to visit the Southards.

The queer part of it is this.
She saw Mr.Southard and Anne in 'As You Like It' last year.

She thinks Mr.Southard the greatest actor she ever saw, and she even spoke of Anne's cleverness as Rosalind; she doesn't know it was Anne who played the part." "Anne doesn't wish her or any one else here to know it," cautioned Grace.

"Do you suppose any other girl here saw Anne as Rosalind ?" "Goodness knows," replied Miriam, with a shrug.

"There's an old saying that 'murder will out.' If any one here did see her, sooner or later she'll be identified and lionized." "That's just why I don't wish the girls here to know," protested Anne, who had been listening to the conversation of her friends, a slight frown puckering her smooth forehead.