Miss Kennedy looked up in extreme astonishment.
"How do you know what I've said about you?" she queried.
"Why, it's here, in black and white!"
"What paper have you there?"
"My report."
"Do you mean to say that you have opened your report?"
Janet's face fell. She shuffled her feet uneasily, and did not reply.
"It was addressed to your father. Who authorized you to open it, I should like to know?"
"Well, Avelyn Watson read hers, so we all thought we could read ours," urged Janet in exculpation.
"Indeed!" Miss Kennedy's tone was as iced vinegar. "What an extremely honourable proceeding! Miss Thompson will have to hear of this! It's something new in the school for girls to open their parents' letters."