I don't know who it was called her." "Lizzie! You didn't listen ?" "Of course not, Miss Neily." Lizzie's face was a study in injured virtue.

"Miss Dale took the call in her own room and shut the door." "And you were outside the door ?" "Where else would I be dustin' that time in the mornin' ?" said Lizzie fiercely.

"But it's yourself knows well enough the doors in this house is thick and not a sound goes past them." "I should hope not," said Miss Cornelia rebukingly.

"But--tell me, Lizzie, did Miss Dale seem--well--this morning ?" "That she did not," said Lizzie promptly.

"When she came down to breakfast, after the call, she looked like a ghost.