The door slammed behind him.
CHAPTER XIV
HOLDING THE FORT
The reverberation of Thompson's slamming still echoed in the room when the bedroom door opened and Alicia sailed in, followed more demurely by Mollie June.
"Good morning, Philip," said Alicia to her fiancé.
Then she turned to Merriam.
"Oh, you did splendidly!" she cried.
"Did I?" said Merriam, awkwardly trying to get the woolen scarf off his head.
"Indeed you did. We listened to every word. I through the keyhole. And Mollie June lay down on the floor and listened under the door. It was mean of me to take the keyhole, but I'm too old and fat for the other position."
Possibly Mollie June's recent prostration accounted for the color in her cheeks.