“What did Sallie say?” asked Jennie, when she returned.
“She says she never touched the bureau, and seemed much hurt at my suspecting her,” answered Miss Lane, sitting down by the window with a grave air, and looking out upon the snow in silence.
“You need not believe her,” continued Jennie, “she is not true. Mrs. Hall can’t teach her to be.”
“I have good reason to believe her,” was the answer; and Mr. Graham’s arrival at that moment caused the children to rush with a shout to meet him, forgetting Sallie and the Cologne bottle.
CHAPTER IV.
“But if you go to-night, Miss Lane, we cannot finish Evangeline.”
“Why not, Jennie? You can read aloud to the rest.”