"Why, you did not see us go."
"Oh, didn't I?" she demanded, ironically, nodding her head with great significance. "I was at my window, Miss Hyde, and I always keep my eyes open. Howsumever, I wasn't watching you; I'm above such tricks, unless I feel it my duty, then I never stop at nothing—anything, I mean, thinking of the grammar."
"Did she see us, too?"
"I don't know; but she knew where you were going."
"Why, how did you find that out?"
"Heard her tell Mr. Lee, to be sure."
I was so angry that I felt myself growing pale. Lottie saw it and tittered.
"You would like to choke her, now, wouldn't you, Miss Hyde? What a pity! it's agin religion and the law. I should just enjoy fixing her myself."
"For shame!" I said, but I am afraid it was only because I thought it a duty to check such expressions, not from any lack of sympathy with them.
Lottie tossed her head; but she was in too great haste to communicate her intelligence for much indignation.