"
"What!" and all the colour went out of Patty's face as the thought
flashed across her mind what this meant. She saw at once that
Daisy had given that note to Guy, as coming from HER! She saw that
Daisy MUST have done this intentionally! And this knowledge of a
deed so despicable, so IMPOSSIBLE, from Patty's standpoint,
stunned her like a blow.
But she quickly recovered herself. Patty's mind always JUMPED from
one thought to another, and she knew, instantly, that however
contemptible Daisy's act had been, she could not and would not
disclose it.
"Oh, that note," she said, striving to speak carelessly.
"Yes, THAT NOTE," repeated Bill, still gazing straight at her.
"Tell me about it."
"There's nothing to tell," said Patty, her voice trembling a
little at this true statement of fact.
"You wrote it?"
"Yes,--I wrote it," Patty declared, for she could not tell the
circumstance of her writing it.
Bill let go her hands, and a vanquished look came into his eyes.
"I--I hoped you didn't," he said, simply; "but as you did, then I
know WHY you did it. Because you didn't want to be on the float
with me."
"Oh, no,-NO, Bill!" cried Patty, shocked at this added injustice.
"It wasn't THAT,--truly it wasn't!"
Gladness lighted up Bill's face, and his big blue eyes beamed
again.
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