"We went down the river, and they're cutting the grass in the big meadow and then afterwards...."
"Oh, Pauline, afterwards you went into Guy's house with him?"
Pauline nodded.
"I know. I was just going to tell you."
"Pauline, how could you do such a thing?"
"I only went to say good-night. I wasn't there five minutes."
Why should an action so simple be vexing her mother?
"Are you angry with me for going?"
"You must never do such a thing again," said Mrs. Grey more crossly than Pauline had ever heard her. "Monica saw you go in as she was walking down Shipcot hill, and she has just this moment come and told me."
"But why shouldn't I go in and say good-night?" Pauline asked. "There were people in the churchyard. I thought it was better to say good-night in the house."