"And it wouldn't be fair to tell her name unless I had seen her plainly.

It might have been some one else." Anne had a suspicion that something had happened, and that Miss Thompson had brought her here to find out what she knew.

But she never dreamed that she herself was under suspicion.
One thing had struck Miss Thompson very forcibly.

Miss Leece had known all along that Anne was on the staircase at the very moment the other person was slamming the door in their faces.

And yet Miss Leece was determined to condemn Anne to the faculty that very night.