"You Kit!" she exclaimed; "oh, you Kit Cameron! Can nobody EVER get
ahead of you? Girls, listen to this! It's a note from Nan, and she
says: 'Dear Patty: Mr. Cameron says he's going to see you to-morrow.
Has Adele invited him to Fern Falls? How nice for you all. He won't
tell me how she happened to do so, but I suppose it was through you.
I'm sending you by him your pearl pin, which you forgot. Oceans of
love, from Nan.' Now, how in the name of common sense, did you
happen to tell Nan that you were coming to see me?"
"Why, I was there last night, and I knew I was coming up here to-
day; so I told her, and she asked me to bring your pin. And I said I
would. That's all."
"But how did you know you were coming here?" persisted Patty.
"I didn't know I was coming here, and I didn't tell Mrs. Fairfield I
was. I only told her I should see you. I can't help what she
assumed,--and I have delivered the pin in safety."
"But how did you know you were going to see me?"
"My dear child, do you suppose for one minute that I fell for that
Belle Harcourt business? Didn't you know that I would know that that
very first letter was written by your fairy fingers?"
"Why, Mr. Cameron!" exclaimed Adele, "weren't you really fooled?"
"You WERE!" exclaimed Daisy.
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