"Sit down, Maggie," she said. "I think the time has come for me to
tell you something which has lain as a secret on my heart for over a
year."
Maggie looked up in surprise, then dropped into a chair and folded her
hands in her lap. She was slightly surprised at Miss Heath's tone, but
not as yet intensely interested.
"You know, my dear," she said, "that I never interfere with the life a
student lives outside this hall. Provided she obeys the rules and
mentions the names of the friends she visits, she is at liberty,
practically, to do as she pleases in those hours which are not devoted
to lectures. A girl at St. Benet's may have a great, a very great
friend at Kingsdene or elsewhere of whom the principals of the college
know nothing. I think I may add with truth that were the girl to
confide in the principal of her college in case of any friendship
developing into-- into love, she would receive the deepest sympathy
and the tenderest counsels that the case would admit of. The principal
who was confided in would regard herself for the time being as the
young girl's mother."
Maggie's eyes were lowered now; her lips trembled; she played
nervously with a flower which she held in her hand.
"I must apologize," continued Miss Heath, "for having alluded to a
subject which may not in the least concern you, my dear.
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