She must be asleep.

I wonder when she came back." "Came back from where ?" asked Emma.
"From New York City.

She took the same train that I took and sat with me all the way there." "She did!" exclaimed Emma.

"That doesn't tally with what I heard in the registrar's office Friday afternoon.

I'm afraid she didn't ask permission to go, Grace." "Oh, she must have had permission!" A look of surprise, mingled with consternation, sprang into Grace's eyes.
"Did she tell you she had the joyful sanction of the registrar ?" quizzed Emma.
"No--o.