It was a slim chance I had of getting out, but I managed it.

She called me over by telephone, and then locked me in her bedroom.

How did she get my clothes ?" "Sent a maid over here, saying that you were at her house and wanted your costume sent over.

I thought you were helping her, in your usual idiotic 'helping hand' way, and I sent the dress and all the belongings." "Well, of course, I knew nothing about all that.

So, I suppose the little minx dressed herself and put on the long cloak and walked off.
She is boss in her own home, I know that, and, as I learned later, her father and mother were out to dinner, so she ordered the servants to pay no attention to any call or disturbance I might make.