"I imagine you will hear of your father through half a dozen different sources in the morning.

I don't believe she intended to tell you to-day.

I think it was part of her plan to take you by surprise and completely unnerve you.

Alberta Wicks and Mary Hampton are efficient town criers," Grace added bitterly.

"She depended on them to spread the news in the cruelest way." "Why, Grace, I never heard you speak so bitterly of any one before!" exclaimed Ruth.
"Ruth, to tell the honest truth, I am thoroughly disgusted with those two girls," confessed Grace wearily.