Chapter 11 ILSE

Emily was locked in the spare-room and told that she must stay

There until bedtime. She had pleaded against such a punishment in

Vain. She had tried to give the Murray look but it seemed that--in

Her case at any rate--it did not come at will.

"Oh, don't shut me up alone there, Aunt Elizabeth, " she implored.

"I know I was naughty--