"She says she knows her disposition to be anything but angelic.

But she is trying, Miriam.

You wait and see for yourself how the new Laura Atkins behaves." "But to go back to the subject of the door, what makes you think Grace locked it on account of last year ?" persisted Miriam.
"Oh, I don't know," answered Elfreda vaguely.

"I just thought so, that's all." "We'll ask her when she comes, just for fun," declared Miriam.

"Why not go downstairs and sit on the back veranda with Mrs.Elwood?
We can hear the girls as soon as they come into the yard." "All right," agreed Elfreda.