Pete came straight to me.

He said he didn't dare tell Mr.William, but he'd got to tell some one: there wasn't one single thing of Miss Billy's left in her rooms nor anywhere else in the house--not so much as a handkerchief or a hairpin." "Hm-m; that does look--suspicious," murmured Cyril.

"What's up, do you think ?" "Don't know; but something, sure.

Still, of course we may be wrong.
We won't say anything to Will about it, anyhow.

Poor old chap, 'twould worry him, specially if he thought Billy's feelings had been hurt." "Hurt ?--nonsense! Why, we did everything for her--everything!" "Yes, I know--and she tried to do EVERYTHING for us, too," retorted Bertram, quizzically, as he turned away..