CHAPTER XV.
RUMORS.
Hardly was it completed, when Cousin Judy called, and I went down to see her, carrying my baby with me. As I went, something put me in mind that I must ask her for Miss Clare's address. Lest I should again forget, as soon as she had kissed and admired the baby, I said,—
"Have you found out yet where Miss Clare lives, Judy?"
"I don't choose to find out," she answered. "I am sorry to say I have had to give her up. It is a disappointment, I confess."
"What do you mean?" I said. "I thought you considered her a very good teacher."
"I have no fault to find with her on that score. She was always punctual, and I must allow both played well and taught the children delightfully. But I have heard such questionable things about her!—very strange things indeed!"
"What are they?"
"I can't say I've been able to fix on more than one thing directly against her character, but"—
"Against her character!" I exclaimed.