A moment later, however, there was a quick tap at Dolly’s door, and Beth’s excited face appeared.
“What do you think has happened, Dolly?”
CHAPTER VIII
“What is it, and has it anything to do with Mary? She isn’t here, and I haven’t the faintest idea where she is.”
“It has nothing to do with Mary, but I hope Mary may be able to explain to us. Professor Arnold is in our room, and Margery is packing up everything she owns. They are going to take the five o’clock train tomorrow morning for New York. You know Professor Arnold lives there, too. She called me into my room, and spoke to me privately. She asked if I would object to rooming with you tonight, as she would like to sleep in my room herself.”
“Just as if Margery were a prisoner and she the jailer,” said Dolly, in an awe-struck tone.
“That is just about the size of it, my dear. Of course, I said I was sure you would take me in. Evidently Margery tried to slip off tonight, thinking that amid all the excitement she would not be missed. I wonder what she did!”
“And they go on the five o’clock train? No Latin for us then. Professor Arnold did not intend to go, I know, until Friday. We were to have all of our regular lessons tomorrow morning.”
“We had better get to bed, or someone will be after us, even if today is an exceptional time.”