I was sure no one knew that I was the Sphinx, and the Sphinx was I, for I hadn't told a soul except the club girls and Helen.

You know I've been purposely taking occasional walks about the gymnasium as Emma Dean.

I went over to the Japanese booth for some tea, and while I was drinking it the circus ended and the girls began to pile into the garden for tea.

All of a sudden I heard some one say, 'Why didn't you bring your Sphinx costume along, Miss Dean ?' It was that horrid little West girl who spoke.

Her voice carried, too, for every one in the garden heard her, and they all pounced upon me at once.
It made me so angry I rushed out without waiting for my tea, and inside of five minutes the news had circled the gym, and the Sphinx had ceased to be the world's great mystery.