“I should fear her most frightfully if I did anything wrong.”
“Fanny, look down deep into your heart, and tell me if, in keeping something to yourself which you evidently know concerning your cousins, you are doing right or wrong.”
“I will answer your question to-morrow,” replied Fanny. “Now, may I go back to the others; they are waiting for me?”
“Yes, you may go, dear.”
“The Vivians come here on Monday?” said Fanny as she rose.
“Yes, dear, on Monday. By the way, Miss Ludlow is arranging to give them the blue room, next to yours. You don’t object, do you?”
“No,” said Fanny. The next minute the girl was out of sight.
Miss Symes sat very still. What was the matter? What was Fanny Crawford trying to conceal?
That evening Mrs. Haddo said to Miss Symes, “You have told Fanny that her cousins are coming?”