"Ahem! Remember that time you had the oyster supper at your house, don't you, Gracie? Well, did you stay in the room with the company? I always wanted to know."
"Yes, Isa, part of the time. Why?"
Isa rolled her eyes, and looked unutterable things.
"O, nothing, only Mrs. Hallock was there, you know. Ahem! Well, next day, Mrs. Hallock said to her husband, and Cassy was right there in the room—"
Isa hesitated. It seemed to be her painful duty to stop.
"Do go on," said Grace. "If it's ever so bad I want to hear it."
"I just happened to think, Gracie, dear, you haven't promised not to tell."
"And I'll not promise any such thing, Isa," cried Grace, spiritedly.
"Then I've said all I'm going to," replied Isa, folding her arms in a hard knot.
"But you're not going to leave off right in the middle! Now, Isa, that's not fair."