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She has behaved disgracefully, and I shall have the great pain of reporting what I have just witnessed to our head-mistress to-morrow." So saying, Miss Worrick walked quickly out of the room and out of the house. "Well, thank goodness, she's gone the old cat!" cried Kitty. "Now, Kitty what have you done?" said Alice. "Oh, this is terrible! Fresh scrapes! We seem to live in constant hot water.
"I declare, upon my word, Kitty, you are the most extraordinary creature. How am I to face the good ladies?" "Here they are, father. Please, Miss Sherrard, come in; father will see you, and Miss Worrick too." Kitty flung open the door, and the head-mistress of Middleton School and her subordinate found it closed behind them. They had a short interview with Squire Malone very short.
Don't you think it was about natural that I should disobey Miss Worrick, whom I never cared twopence for, and go out to Gwin Harley, whom I love? Of course I knew I was disobedient, and I supposed she would punish me; but I didn't think she would have me up for you to lecture me." "You behaved very badly indeed," said Miss Sherrard; "and you are now talking in an extremely silly way."
She would have thought it the height of impropriety for Kitty and Fred to walk together at such an hour; but when in addition to this Kitty went out in a dress which Miss Worrick would have thought very unsuitable for home, when she wore a boy's college cap on her head, and when she had so far distinguished herself as to have been for a moment the center of a lot of low noisy, rough men, Miss Worrick felt that the moment had come for her to interfere.
How dared you do so?" "There wasn't much daring about it. I walked to the door, opened it, and came out. I had made a previous engagement, and it was not at all convenient to break it. I told you so at the time, did I not?" For answer Miss Worrick took Kitty by the arm and led her across the playground. "I must take you to Miss Sherrard," she said. "I cannot manage a disobedient girl like you."
She was just stepping forward when Elma like a flash caught it up and tore it into fragments. She would not for the world have the note seen. Miss Worrick, filled with anger, came up to Kitty. "You are a bad girl, the worst girl I know," she said. "You are not even honorable.
"I " Her words were interrupted. "Miss Malone, do I see you in the playground?" said a stern voice. Miss Worrick had appeared on the scene. "Why, then, yes, Miss Worrick, you do. It's a fine day, isn't it; and the air is most refreshing," said Kitty in her most impertinent tones. "Do you know that you have distinctly disobeyed me? I forbade you to leave the schoolroom during recess.
"I wonder if that dreadful girl is to go unpunished in the end," said Miss Worrick to Miss Sherrard, as they both slowly went to the nearest hotel to wait until the time arranged to meet Kitty and her father at the Sign of the Red Doe." "It seems like it," said Miss Sherrard. "But what a splendid old man! Perhaps after all it may be the best thing for Kitty Malone not to punish her, Miss Worrick."
In the meantime her most anxious thoughts were for Laurie. What would happen if she could not send him the money by an early post? Early the next morning Mrs. Denvers was a good deal surprised by receiving a letter from Miss Sherrard. It ran as follows: "DEAR MRS. DENVERS: I have just heard an extraordinary story from Miss Worrick with regard to Kitty Malone.
"I don't see anything in it except a silly, foolish, girlish act, uncommonly like Kitty Malone," said Bessie. "You are determined to make mountains out of molehills, Alice." "No, I am not," said Alice. "Anyhow," she added in a tone of triumph, "Miss Sherrard thinks it disgraceful, and so does Miss Worrick. I suppose you will not go against the opinions of your own mistresses, will you, Bessie?"
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