"I--it--must have been some one who was trying to hear." "If that is the case, the person is in this house and must be found and sworn to secrecy," said Grace sternly.

"I am afraid we were talking too loudly.

However, the person may have only come as far as the door, then passed on upstairs.

Suppose we go up and ask all the girls.

We shall feel better satisfied, and they won't object to being interviewed." But all efforts to locate the accidental or intentional listener failed.
Many of the girls had not yet come in from their classes, and those whom Grace found in their rooms had evidently been there for some time.
Kathleen West was among those still out.