“Don’t go away,” she begged, almost tearfully.
“Sh!” Doris warned. “Just be patient and your ‘angels’ will come back to see you again.”
With that she closed the door of the closet and the two girls crouched against the wall.
“She’ll be almost certain to give us away,” Kitty whispered fearfully. “What a mess we’re in now! Fancy trying to explain our way out of it!”
CHAPTER XXII
A NARROW ESCAPE
Scarcely daring to breathe naturally lest they be discovered, Doris and Kitty crouched in the dark closet. In their haste to hide they had left the door a trifle ajar and though this added to the risk of being detected, it was too late to close it tightly.
Already they could hear some one in the outer sitting room and a moment later the bedroom door was thrown open. Henry Sully came in. He seemed strangely excited and was out of breath from hurrying up the stairs so rapidly.
Peeping out through the crack of the door, the girls saw that he was carrying two long, fat envelopes in his hand.
Rushing across the room, with scarcely a glance directed at Etta, Henry pulled a heavy suitcase from under the bed. Opening it, he placed the two envelopes carefully in the bottom and folded clothing over them.
“Thought we never would find ’em,” the girls heard him mutter.