Then her face clouded a little.
"But----" laughed Miss Elting.
"Yes, I suppose that does express it. However, I don't want you to think I
am not happy on my own account. It is on some one else's account."
"Tell me all about it, Harriet, dear."
"I am afraid that I cannot do that," replied the girl after a brief
reflection.
"Then tell me as much as you wish me to know," urged Miss Elting.
"In the first place," began Harriet, "I wish to ask your advice on a
matter that is troubling me."
Miss Elting smiled encouragingly.
"I am listening."
"It is about that hazing affair. Suppose a girl had been asked if she knew
anything about it and she had declared that she did not. What then?"
"You mean that she did know something about it but pretended that she did
not?"
Harriet nodded.
"Then she would be an unfit associate for this body of fine girls.
Harriet, what do you mean? You don't, you can't mean----"
"Oh, no, no!" protested Harriet, flushing to the roots of her hair.
"Of course not. Forgive me for even suggesting it, my dear. Please go on."
"But suppose that another girl did not know who were the guilty ones at
the time she was questioned, and that afterwards she had a strong
suspicion as to their identity? What then?"
"You have given me a difficult question to answer, Harriet, I should not
like to answer it without knowing more about the circumstances relating to
it.
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