"Yes, you—you hate me so! I wouldn't have done it, perhaps, if only Molly had been here. Molly really tries to be good."
"Tell us!" said Cecil. "Stop talking about your motive. Speak—quick!"
"I heard all that Miss Forester said the other day about Kate."
"Then you eavesdropped again?"
"Yes."
"When and where?"
"In the shelter down by the shore. I was afraid the boys would bully me, and I crept into the back part, where there was repairing going on; and I pulled a tarpaulin over me, and no one saw me. You and Molly came in, and you read Miss Forester's letter aloud. I heard everything, and I was delighted. I was glad that Kate was to be humbled, and was to be only a charity girl. You dropped the letter going upstairs. I found it and put it in my pocket. I was very anxious that Kate should know the truth."
"You are a nice specimen of humanity," said Cecil.
"Oh, do let her speak now, Cecil!" said Molly.