Deborah's recovery was rapid and determined.

The next night she was sitting up and making light of her illness.

On the third day she dismissed her nurse, and when her father came home from his office he found gathered about her bed not only her stenographer but both her assistant principals.
He frowned severely and went to his room, and a few minutes later he heard them leave.

Presently she called to him, and he came to her bedside.

She was lying back on the pillow with rather a guilty expression.
"Up to your old antics, eh ?" he remarked.
"Exactly.