What has happened since we cannot tell." The girls then related the experiences of the morning, at which both Uncle John and Arthur looked solemn and uncomfortable.

But Louise said calmly: "I think Patsy was quite right.

I wouldn't have dared such a thing myself, but I'm sure that boy needed a square meal more than anything.

If he dies, that breakfast has merely hastened his end; but if he doesn't die it will do him good." "There's another possibility," remarked Uncle John.

"He may be suffering agonies with no one to help him." Patsy's face was white as chalk.