"What do you mean?" enquired Cicely.
"Why, surely you knew Miss Russell has taken the Manor for the summer from Mrs. Courtenay?"
"I never thought about whom it belonged to," confessed Lindsay.
"Well, at any rate, Mrs. Courtenay and Monica are staying in rooms in the village while their house is let, and Monica is to come three times a week for French and history."
"So this is really her home?"
"Yes, and I heard someone say it is all her own. She's an only child, and her father is dead."
"It must seem funny for her to see a whole school here!"
"I expect it does. I shouldn't like it if the place were mine."
"Is she nice?"
"How can I tell? I saw no more of her than you did yourselves."