It would not be for the first time." It would not indeed! "Aggie," said Aunt Mary instantly, "you expressed a wish on your way here to see Bessie's fossils.

You will go to the schoolroom and investigate them." "I think they are kept locked," said Aunt Aggie faintly.

She longed to stay.

She had guessed the subject of the letter.

She took in a love affair the fevered interest with which the unmarried approach the subject.
"They are unlocked," said Aunt Mary with decision.
Aunt Aggie swallowed the remains of her tea, and holding a little bitten bun in her hand slid out of the room.