"
"That was really quite bright of Miss Caroline," observed Ann with some
amusement, when the rector and his sister had started for home. "Only she
didn't know it!"
CHAPTER X
A DISCOVERY
The morning breeze darted in and out of Ann's bedroom like a child
tentatively trying to inveigle a grown-up person into playing
hide-and-seek. With every puff a big cluster of roses, which had climbed to
the sill, swayed forward and peeped inside, sending a whiff of delicate
perfume across to where Ann was kneeling, surrounded by trunks and
suitcases, unpacking her belongings. Pleasant little sounds of life floated
up from outdoors--the clucking of a hen, the stamping of the bay cob as
Billy Brewster groomed him, whistling softly through his teeth while he
brushed and curry-combed, the occasional honk of a motor-horn as a car sped
by in the distance. Then came the beat of a horse's hoofs, stopping
abruptly outside the cottage gate.
Ann did not pause in her occupation of emptying a hatbox of its
tissue-shrouded contents. Robin had ridden away almost immediately after
breakfast, so she merely supposed that, having started early, he had
returned early. But a minute later Maria was standing in the doorway of the
room, her broad face red with the exertion of hurrying upstairs, her eyes
blinking excitedly.
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