CHAPTER XXVI
THEIR EYES ARE OPENED
As her cousins were not at all interested in what became of Helen during the day, neither was Helen interested in how the three Starkweather girls occupied their time. But on this particular afternoon, while Helen was visiting Lurcher, and chatting with Sadie Goronsky on the sidewalk in front of the Finkelstein shop, she would have been deeply interested in what interested the Starkweather girls.
All three chanced to be in the drawing-room when Gregson came past the door in his stiffest manner, holding the tray with a single card on it.
“Who is it, Gregson?” asked Belle. “I heard the bell ring. Somebody to see me?”
“No, mem, it his not,” declared the footman.
“Me?” said Hortense, holding out her hand. “Who is it, I wonder?”
“Nor is hit for you, mem,” repeated Gregson.