Again the head was slowly shaken.
“Is there any reason why I should not immediately after prayers to-day explain these circumstances to the whole school, and allow the school to draw its own conclusions?”
Evelyn now raised her eyes and fixed them on Miss Henderson’s face.
“You will not do that, will you?” she asked.
“Have you ever, Evelyn, heard of such a thing as circumstantial evidence?”
“No. What is it?”
“You are very ignorant, my dear child—ignorant as well as wilful; wilful as well as wicked.”
“No, I am not wicked; you shall not say it!”
“Tell me, is there any reason why I should not show what I have now shown you to the rest of the school, and allow the school to draw its own conclusion?”
“You won’t—will you?”