“That’s so,” confirmed Mary. “We both went to bed.”
“And slept soundly all night?”
“Yes,” replied Mary. “Except——” she stopped.
“Yes?” prompted Nick. “Except what?”
“Well, we generally get up at seven o’clock. But something woke me at six this morning, and I looked out of our window, which is in the front of the house, on the top floor.”
“What did you see?”
“Nothing much, except Miss Clarice walking away from the front door, and going fast down the avenue, to where the street cars pass. It wasn’t anything remarkable, except that she doesn’t often go out so early as that.”
“I never knowed her to do it before,” put in the cook.
“Especially after being out so late the night before,” added Mary.
“You’d think she’d be tired,” remarked Maggie.