She knew the letter was lurking somewhere in a corner of the schoolroom, and she had hoped to find it when the class was dismissed.

But the missing paper was nowhere in sight when she had searched for it during recess.

Perhaps it had blown out the window, in which case it would be brushed up by the janitress and never thought of again.

Not for worlds would Anne have had anyone read that letter.
It was during the afternoon session, in the middle of one of the schoolroom recitations, that she caught sight of her letter again.

But after the class was dismissed and she had made haste to the corner of the room, where she thought she had seen it under a desk, it was not there.