14/31 Springing up eagerly, she rushed to the wall, and shouted just in time to stop Mrs.Arnold, whose machine was whisking past. Do please wait for me!" And Ulyth, scrambling somehow across the wall, slid down a gravelly bank on to the road. "Oh, Mrs.Arnold, the most dreadful things have been happening at school! Somebody took Stephie's pendant, and it fell out of Rona's pocket, and everybody thinks Rona took it, and Rona thinks it's me. What are we to do ?" "Sit down here and tell me all about it. Yes, please, begin at the very beginning, and don't leave anything out, however trivial. |