“Why does she act that way?” Rhoda asked in perplexity.
“Penny thinks she’s trying to keep folks from discovering something,” explained Louise. “The old lady is queer in other ways, too.”
Thoroughly enjoying the tale, the girls told Rhoda how they had observed Mrs. Marborough removing the flagstones surrounding the base of the wishing well.
“There’s been more digging!” Penny suddenly cried, springing up from the bench. “See!”
Excitedly she pointed to a place where additional flagstones had been lifted and carelessly replaced.
“Mrs. Marborough must have been at work again!” Louise agreed. “What does she expect to find?”
“Fishing worms, perhaps,” Rhoda suggested with a smile. “Under the flagstones would be a good place.”
“Mrs. Marborough never would go fishing,” Louise answered. “Sometimes I wonder if she’s entirely right in her mind. It just isn’t normal to go around digging on your own property after night.”
“Don’t you worry, Mrs. Marborough knows what she is about,” Penny declared. “She’s looking for something which is hidden!”
“But what can it be?” Louise speculated. “Nothing she does seems to make sense.”