"
"She told you; you know she did!"
"I had to drag it out of her. Then she tried to make me promise I wouldn't
tell the Chief Guardian."
"And you will? You'll give me away?"
"You have given yourself away, Cora. Now that I've had it from your own
lips I am free to tell whom I please. But I think you are going to tell
Mrs. Livingston yourself."
"Never!" with a stamp of the foot.
"Listen! Harriet Burrell deceived them this morning. When they asked her
about you she led them to believe that you were sleeping. She was trying
to protect you. She did wrong. I shouldn't have done it if you had been as
mean to me as you have to her. Oh, my stars! what a girl!"
Cora Kidder opened her eyes. She regarded Crazy Jane wonderingly.
"She knew all the time that you were planning to go to the dance, but she
never said a word to any one, though it most broke her precious heart to
think you would do such a thing. Last night when she came in here after we
had chased the bear, she found you gone. Patricia was mean to her when she
asked about you. This morning when she came in to dress, you weren't here.
She saw that your bed hadn't been slept in. Then she knew. She was very
unhappy. When they asked her about you this morning at breakfast Harriet
avoided the questions and gave Mrs.
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