Her face was very white.

If she had been at home she would have broken forth in a torrent of angry words.
Kate, the house-maid, was sweeping the entry.
"Did you know there was going to be another great dinner to-day, miss ?" she said, as Gypsy passed her.
Gypsy went into her room, and locked her door.

Another of those terrible dinner-companies, and her aunt so angry at her! It was too much--she could not bear it! She looked about the room twice, passed her hand over her forehead, and her face flushed quickly.
One of Gypsy's sudden and often perilous resolutions was made..