"You take a bank-note! I should think not. My sister a thief!
Who ever dared to hint at such a thing?"
"I didn't take it! Felix, I didn't, really." She lifted her head to look eagerly at him.
"You take a bank-note! I should think not. My sister a thief!! Who ever dared to hint at such a thing?"
"But it disappeared! Don't you remember? I told you, ever so long ago. And you never answered me."
"I remember something, not much. You said they couldn't find a bank-note; but I supposed it was all right, as you never said any more."
"They found it afterwards—some time after—locked in one of my boxes."
"Whew!"
"And ever since—even uncle believes that I stole it."
"Then he's a noodle!" declared Felix shortly. "What sort of box?"
"My biggest,—the one I have all Sissie's things in. I always keep it locked."