They stood up and watched her.
“Something is wrong, Nan.” Laura moved to one side. “Here, you try.”
Nan took the key, fussed with the lock a second, pushing and pulling, until finally the case flew open.
CHAPTER XI
BESS HOLDS HER TEMPER
Nan said nothing, but sat staring at the contents, a puzzled expression on her face. The girls looked from the trunk to Nan and back to the trunk again.
“Everything is all right, isn’t it?” Bess asked the question.
“I—don’t——know.” Nan answered slowly and doubtfully. “Everything seems to be as I left it. Yet somehow it’s all changed too.”
“What do you mean?” Grace questioned timidly.