"Didn't you put your cards in those boxes of roses you sent her?" asked Polly.
"Certainly."
"She never saw any! Miss Castlevaine was going upstairs and happened to see that first box of roses on the hall desk. Miss Sniffen was fingering a card. When Miss Nita received the box there was no card there. That was why she was so long in saying 'thank you,'—she didn't know where they came from. We finally found out through the boy who brought them."
Nelson Randolph frowned. "A pretty state of affairs!" he muttered.
"And she never got one of your telephone messages!" Polly went on.
"What!" the man exclaimed.
"She didn't!" Polly reiterated.
"But Miss Sterling gave me no hint of such a thing!"
"No." Polly returned sadly. "I guess she didn't dare."
"Surely she was not afraid of me!"