“My dear mother, I can give you no explanation.”
“What! do you deny that you are corresponding with three different gentlemen at once?”
“Yes, mother dear. Is it likely?” said Hazel, smiling.
“Don’t treat the matter with levity, Hazel. I cannot bear it! Who are those letters from?”
“I do not know, dear; though I think I could guess.”
“Then I insist upon knowing.”
“My dear mother, I can only think they are from people who know of my trouble about the school.”
“You did not write and ask for help, Hazel?”
“No, mother. No; I should not have done such a thing.”
“Then tell me at once who would send to you like that.”