With a contemptuous grunt, he turned scornfully away from his guardian.
"What is it, Caroline ?" demanded Captain Elisha.

"_Has_ anything happened ?" The girl looked coldly at him.

A new brooch--Mrs.Corcoran Dunn's birthday gift--sparkled at her throat.
"No accident has happened, if that is what you mean," she said.
"But--why, yes, that was what I meant.

You was so awful late, and you know you said you'd be home for dinner, so--" "I changed my mind.

Come, Steve." She turned to leave the room.