“She seems to.”
“Well, where did you ever find her?” asked Florence.
“She is a friend of Mrs. Hadley’s,” answered Marjorie.
It was John’s first knowledge of the fact that the mysterious girl whom his mother had been sheltering was really Daisy’s sister, and he uttered a cry of joy. The girls all looked at him suspiciously.
“You’re fooling us, like you and Lily did about the lieutenant!” was Alice’s conclusion.
“I’m not—am I, John?”
“No, on my word of honor!”
Very shortly after, Marjorie proved to them that she had been telling the truth. She introduced them all to Mrs. Kirk Smith, a charming young woman of about twenty-two.
It was Ethel Todd’s clever mind which put two and two together, and first made the discovery. This girl was a Mrs. Smith; she answered to Olive’s description; moreover, Daisy’s presence, her joy, her statement that she would return to Miss Allen’s all led to the solution.
“Aren’t you Daisy’s sister?” she asked suddenly.