The girl blushed. I guess she was thinking about my pants.
“How did you know that I was in the mill?” she countered, embarrassed.
“Jerry and I saw you go in. And when you came out I followed you.”
“Oh!…” said Mrs. Kelly quickly, nodding her head in a knowing way. “So that is why you came here! I’ve been wonderin’.” [[109]]
Scoop grinned.
“I heard some one in the upper part of the mill,” the girl said. “But I didn’t know or suspect that it was my wicked uncle.” She shivered. “He might have grabbed me in the dark.”
Scoop gave her another quizzical look.
“Is it in order,” he queried, “for me to ask you why you went there?”
“I wanted to see if I could find out what ‘ten and ten’ means.”
“ ‘Ten and ten’?” repeated Scoop, staring.