What did they know about their old master's secret history?
What tragic memories lurked beneath the man's perpetual smile and the woman's composed and sightless face?
Surely there was enough here to excite the curiosity and warrant an effort to untangle the mystery.

And as instruments to the end there were several people available who could be of use to her; McNutt, the agent, who evidently knew more than he had cared to tell; Old Hucks and his wife and Ethel Thompson, the school-teacher.

There might be others, but one or another of these four must know the truth, and it would be her pleasant duty to obtain a full disclosure.

So she was anxious to begin her investigations at once.
When her uncle returned from his visit to the pigs Louise said to him: "I've been thinking, dear, that we ought to call upon that young lady who arranged our rooms, and thank her for her kindness." "That's true," he replied.
"Can't we drive over to Thompson's this morning, Uncle ?" "Beth and Patsy have planned a tramp to the lake, and a row after water-lilies." "Then let us make our call together.

We can invite the girl to come here and spend a day with us, when Patsy and Beth will be able to meet her." "That's a good idea, Louise.