"We've all sorts of things to say," exclaimed Nora, "else we wouldn't think of keeping you up so late. In the first place, wasn't it perfectly delightful?"
"Grand!" sighed the others.
"Everything except that one accident, and the thing that caused it," answered Grace.
"By the way, Anne, where is the doll?" asked Jessica.
Anne produced it from its box.
"Here it is," she said sadly. "But it was a cruel joke. Can you imagine who could have done it?"
"I have several suspicions," answered Grace, "but I make no accusations without grounds."
The four girls examined the doll carefully.
"My poor father!" exclaimed Anne, her eyes filling with tears.
"I'll tell you what, girls," cried Nora suddenly, "there's more to this than just Anne's secret. How did anyone know we were going to have a marionette show? Didn't we keep it dark?"