"Good-night!" they both answered, but heaved a sigh when Aunt Minerva was out of hearing.
"It's no use!" whispered Marcia. "We'll have to stop for to-night. But there's lots more, and the most interesting part of it, too. Well, never mind, I'll tell you all the rest to-morrow!"
[CHAPTER II]
THE FACE BEHIND THE SHUTTER
Janet had no sooner hopped out of bed next morning than she flew to the window to examine "Benedict's Folly" by broad daylight. In the streaming sun of a June morning the dingy old mansion certainly bore out the truth of Marcia's mysterious description.
"Gracious! I should think you would have been interested in it from the first!" she exclaimed.
"Interested in what?" yawned Marcia, sleepily, opening her eyes.