But Minnie conquered. When Frances woke up, she found herself alone. Minnie had left a note on the pillow.
“Gone on the early train. Grandma knows all about it, and agrees with me that I am doing perfectly right.”
BOOK TWO: FRANKIE’S BRIEF DAY
CHAPTER NINE
I
Frankie was quite desperate with grief and anxiety. She rushed into the old lady’s room, bare-footed, in her nightdress, and denounced her in a storm of sobs.
“How could you!” she cried. “How could you! How did you and Minnie dare to arrange my life for me that way?... You didn’t know.... You couldn’t know—what plans I had.... How could you! You don’t know what you’ve done!”