Bess shook her head.
“It fell on the rug, but the water splashed in my ties. I’ll have to wear my high shoes until the others dry. Why didn’t you tell me the water was there?”
“You were asleep when I brought it in,” Cora said, “and I felt it was a pity to disturb you.”
“What were you prowling around for?” asked Hazel.
“Oh, just for fun,” Cora said, with another warning look at Belle.
“They didn’t hear anything,” the latter said to Cora when they were alone a little later.
“No, and Mrs. Floyd or her husband didn’t either, for they didn’t say anything.”
“Unless they heard it and don’t want to tell us.”
“Why shouldn’t they tell us?” Cora asked.
“Oh, they might think we’d go away if the queer things begin happening.”