"They did not. The attempt was a failure. There were explosions of laughter, and the young ladies jumped up and ran from the room. I saw them no more that night, but I heard from an adjoining room loud shrieks——"
"What! shrieks? Nothing serious, I hope?"
"Shrieks of laughter."
"And you have discovered nothing?"
"Nothing."
"Toney, what am I to do? I cannot return to my boarding-house, and look those five respectable maiden ladies in their faces, and say I know nothing."
"Have you seen Mrs. Foot?"
"No."
"Let us go to her house."