“You are a very unusual young woman, Miss Brown. It’s important to keep Mr. Blount’s presence here a secret. If word got out that he had come back, there would be a great hue and cry in the papers. I have him with me now at my rooms until Richard gets here. The family will be very grateful to you for your kindness to him.”
Lawrence Upton was coming down the hall to claim Molly for a dance.
“Are you going back to the Ferns’ to-morrow?” she asked hurriedly.
“I think not,” answered the Professor with the ghost of a smile. “I am detained here on business.”
The next morning Molly received a short note from Professor Green, inclosing a ten dollar bill.
There was a postscript which said:
“I’ve opened a barrel of greenings. Better come around and get some.”