When she thought it had, she went quietly in and took her accustomed seat.
Miss Diana was busy with a recitation and took no notice; but Evelyn, glancing at Lulu's flushed face and sparkling eyes, perceived at once that something was wrong with her.
The rules of the school, however, forbade questioning her then, and she could only wait to do so until they should be dismissed.
Another pupil had gone to Signor Foresti a moment before Lulu's entrance into the school-room.
When her hour had expired she came back with a face full of excitement and curiosity. She glanced eagerly, inquiringly at Lulu, then turning to Miss Diana said, "Signor Foresti says Miss Raymond did not finish her lesson, and he wishes her to come back and do it now."
"Singular!" remarked Miss Diana, elevating her eyebrows. "Do you hear,
Miss Raymond? You can go."
"I do not wish to go, Miss Diana," replied Lulu, steadying her voice with some difficulty.
"Indeed! that has nothing to do with it, and you will please go at once."
Lulu sat still in her seat with a look of stubborn determination on her face.
"Do you hear, Miss Raymond?" asked the teacher, raising her voice to a higher key.