"But what are your plans?"
"I have not quite settled myself; and when I do I mean to work entirely in my own way, and shall say nothing about it until I come to you and say I have succeeded, or I have failed."
Hilda opened her eyes in surprise.
"But why should I be kept in the dark?"
"Because, dear, you might not approve of my plans," Netta replied coolly.
"You are not thinking of doing anything foolish, I hope?" Hilda exclaimed.
"If it were foolish it would be excusable where the counsels of wisdom have failed," Netta laughed; and then more seriously, "Nothing would be foolish if it could possibly lead to the discovery of Walter's hiding place."
That afternoon, when Hilda drove out with Miss Purcell to make some calls, Netta rang the bell, and when Tom Roberts came in she said:
"I want to have a long talk with you, Roberts. But mind, what I say is to be kept a perfect secret between ourselves."
"Yes, miss," he said in surprise.