“But—but she can’t get down again,” murmured Aunt Kate. “There is no scuttle in that roof.”
“Tom will find a way,” declared Ruth Fielding with confidence.
“And my Henri,” put in Jennie. “That horrid old creature!”
“She should be punished for this,” agreed Ruth. “I wonder where the child’s father is.”
“Didn’t you find out last night?” Helen asked.
“Only that he is ‘resting’.”
“Some poor, miserable loafer, is he?” demanded Aunt Kate, with acrimony.
“No. It seems that he is an actor,” Ruth explained. “He is out of work.”
“But he can’t think anything of his daughter to see her treated like this,” concluded Aunt Kate.
“She is very proud of him. His professional name is Montague Fitzmaurice.”