“Oh, if she doesn’t slip,” wailed Nellie.
“She’s not going to slip,” cried Bobby. “Hurrah! She’s on the roof.”
Once on the main building Eve did not waste time. She ran to the door, which she knew would be open, and so darted down the stairs to the corridor out of which the tower stairway opened. There was the key in the lock as they had expected, and in a few moments she was calling the other four girls down.
“My goodness!” exclaimed Nellie, kissing Eve when she reached the foot of the stairs. “Aren’t you just the brave, brave girl! And whatever should we have done without you?”
“I guess one of the others would have done the same had I not first thought of it,” returned Eve, modestly.
“Hush!” exclaimed Laura, suddenly. “I hear somebody.”
A door opened below, and then somebody came up stairs. The girls crowded back into the corner and waited.
“I know that step,” whispered Jess.
“Fee, fi, fo, fum!” murmured Bobby.
“And well may you say it is your ‘foe,’ Bobby,” giggled Jess. “It’s Miss Carrington.”