Suppose the other girl had chosen the same subject?
Grace gave vent to a soft exclamation of impatience at her own supposition.

She wished she dared believe that it were so, but common sense told her that she could not hope to deceive herself by any such delusion.
"Who could the girl be ?" Grace asked herself over and over.

Surely, no one of her intimate friends.

Nor any girl at Wayne Hall, either.

Whoever was guilty would be severely punished, perhaps sent home.