Oh! OH! I've told about the policemen! Mamma said I mustn't ever, EVER tell anybody that.

And--and I did! I DID!" Aghast at her own depravity, she began to sob.

Jed tried to comfort her and succeeded, after a fashion, at least she stopped crying, although she was silent most of the way home.

And Jed himself was silent also.

He shared her feeling of guilt.