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CHAPTER XX
A LESSON IN DISCIPLINE
That is why “Greenways” should have hidden its shamed head in one of the mountain’s tender mists instead of gaily smiling out at the world that morning.
When Miss Kinross rode briskly up the drive, perhaps an hour later, she had no suspicion that so truly shocking an occurrence had befallen the sunny place.
She leaned her bicycle against a ficus-covered post and crossed the verandah, a little surprised at the silence, for she was accustomed on her morning visits to being run into by Max on the red tricycle and to find little girls everywhere swinging, skipping, hoop-bowling, or doll-carrying.
She crossed the verandah and rang the bell; the door was closed—a most unusual thing.
Anna appeared and seemed to hesitate about asking her in.
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“Would you mind coming into the dining-room, ma’am?” she said at last; for how might a sitting-room be used for its legitimate purpose with a ramping rebel at large in it?
“Certainly,” said Miss Kinross. “Is Miss Bibby in?”
“Ye-e-es,” said Anna, and opened the dining-room door.