"Jenny, how can you!" corrected Mildred. "Mr. O'Neil must keep all those sort of things quiet."
"I can tell you this much, Miss Arrow, that Jarman wants a few words of Arabic, and we can't find them."
"I never knew him to be at a loss before," said Mildred.
"Well, he is this time, so you can crow over him, Miss Starth. He is anxious to get some Arabic letters. You haven't such a thing, I suppose," he added, half jokingly.
"Good gracious! where could I-- Wait," she said, rising, "there's a portrait which belonged to poor Walter. There are some Arabic letters on it. Mrs. Perth told me they were Arabic. But she may be wrong."
"As a governess she ought not to be," put in Jenny. "Get it, Mildred."
While Miss Starth hastened into the house, Jenny stared up into Frank's face in quite an embarrassing way. "Are you going to stay long at the Shanty?" she asked.
"That depends upon Mr. Jarman."
"Oh, then you'll stay as long as you like. He's very fond of you."
"He is a very good friend to me," said Frank, quietly.