..' Then Flora told him he hadn't acted jealous at the
time, and that he _knew_ he'd have been glad if she'd got the
lead.... Well, just then along came Janet--"
"_Janet Raymond?_" Dundee ejaculated. "I thought you said she had
refused the invitation when Mrs. Miles phoned her."
"So she had, but she said she changed her mind, had been blue all
evening, and needed cheering up."
"How did she get in?"
"She walked over from her house, which isn't very far from the Mileses',
and simply came up the path to the porch," Penny explained. "Tracey
asked her if she had seen Sprague on the road--it's the same road Dexter
would have had to take going down the hill to the main road--and she
acted awfully queer--"
"How?" Dundee demanded.
"Exactly as she would act, since she was in love with him," Penny
retorted. "She turned very red, and asked if Sprague had inquired for
her, and Flora quite sharply told her he hadn't. Then Janet said she was
very much surprised that Sprague had been there, and that she couldn't
understand why he had behaved so strangely. Then Lois said she might as
well go fetch Peter from the library, since Sprague was no longer there
to contaminate the atmosphere. She came back--"
"After how long a time?"
"Oh, about five minutes, I suppose," Penny answered wearily.
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