“Come in, boys,” Eva called as they passed the door.
Roy and Rex obeyed the summons, leaving Sydney to go up to Mrs. Pell in the library.
They found Mr. Keeler to be the caller. Rex started when he saw who it was.
“Why, where is Miles?” asked Jess.
“He stayed with his father,” replied Rex.
“His father!” echoed both girls. “Why, has he found him?”
“Yes,” answered Roy, “Syd found him. There’s a story for you, Mr. Keeler, a regular romance.”
Rex began to look nervous. He feared that his escapade with Harrington was about to be related. But Roy skillfully told the main points in Miles’s career without encroaching on this.
Mr. Keeler stayed until ten o’clock, and while they were talking and laughing in the parlor, the twins were thinking of what was going on in the room above.
When they went to kiss their mother good night they saw that she knew. The girls exclaimed at once at sight of her face.