"She went alone," said Mrs. Berry, and she gave them the details of
Dolly's departure.
"Well, I am surprised," said Bernice, but Alicia began to cry softly.
"Yes, cry, Alicia!" said Dotty, turning on her.
"I should think you WOULD! YOU made Dolly go! YOU know where that earring thing is!"
"I do not!" and Alicia stared at Dotty.
"Well, you know something more than you've told!"
CHAPTER XVI
WAS IT ALICIA?
"What do you mean by that speech Dotty?" asked Bernice, as Alicia kept on crying.
"I mean just what I say. Alicia knows where the earring is, or, if she doesn't know that, she knows something about it that she won't tell us."