Tell me who the girl is that is suspected?"
"But you are a guardian," rejoined Harriet. "Were I to tell you it would
be your duty to inform the Chief Guardian of what you had heard. Would it
not?"
"My dear, I fear it would," was the reply.
"Then I shall not answer your question. I want to talk with you as I would
to a friend, not as a guardian in Camp Wau-Wau. Suppose some girl had made
this discovery after she had denied knowing anything about the affair,
would it then be her duty to inform the Chief Guardian?"
"Perhaps it would."
"She would be a talebearer. I should not like to have any friend of mine
carry tales, would you, Miss Elting?"
"No, Harriet, I would not. Much would depend upon circumstances though. I
fear such a case as you suggest must be one for the girl to decide for
herself."
"Would she be acting dishonorably if she did not tell what she had
learned?"
"Most decidedly not."
"And if she were asked about it by a guardian later on and refused to
answer, she still would not be acting unfairly to herself or her
superior?"
"Wait, wait. You hurl your questions at me so rapidly that you do not give
me time to think. As I have said before, you must be your own judge in
your own case."
"I did not say that it was my case."
"No, that is true.
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