"The United Service Club was the last group of people she saw in America, you see," Tom went on, "so Edward thinks she'll know at once whom the message comes from and she'll guess that the high school scholars want to know about their former teacher."
"I have a feeling in my bones that she'll get the message and that she'll answer," said Ethel Blue.
"If she doesn't get it we shan't have done any harm," mused Ethel Brown, "and if she does get it and answers then we shall have done a lot of good by getting the information for Fräulein."
"We needn't tell anybody about it outside of our families and then there won't be any expectations to be disappointed."
"It certainly would be best not to tell Fräulein."
"That's settled, then," said Tom, "and I'll send the message the moment I reach town this afternoon."
"It's the most thrilling thing I ever had anything to do with," Ethel Blue whispered.