But she was not destined to finish that sentence, for the girl under discussion opened her eyes, and struggled to sit up.
"You're all right," said Miss Greene, softly. "Lie still, my dear."
"Where am I—what happened? Oh, I remember. Did I faint?" and she asked the question in some alarm.
"You did, my dear; but there was no harm in that," spoke Miss Greene softly, and she laughed in a low voice.
"I—I never did such a thing before. What made me?"
"The storm, Amy. It was the electrical disturbance, I think. My! how it rains!"
A perfect deluge was descending, but it had brought a calm to the waiting earth, and calm to tired girlish nerves as well. Amy sighed, and then sat up. The color came back into her pale face.
"I am all right now," she said, more firmly, and was soon able to walk.
"Stay here a little longer," urged Miss Greene, "Betty, Mollie and Grace may remain with you. I will go out to the other pupils. Some of them may be alarmed."
A crash of thunder almost smothered her words, and the girls started nervously. The three glanced apprehensively at Amy, but she smiled bravely and said: