Her eyes were glowing with excitement. “Wait! Wait!” she said quickly, lifting a hand.
She gazed down upon the table, her brow puckered with intense thought. Her father and her aunt stared at her in gathering amazement, and waited breathlessly till she should speak.
After a minute she glanced up at her father. The strange look in her face had grown more strange.
“You saw no one else there besides Miss Sherman?” she asked quickly.
“No.”
“Nor signs of any one?”
“No,” repeated the bewildered old man. “What are you thinking of, Katherine?”
“I don’t dare say it—I hardly dare think it!”
She pushed back her chair and arose. She was quivering all over, but she strove to command her agitation.
“As soon as you’re through supper, father, I’ll be ready to go to Elsie.”