human
A fire was built in a closet on the upper floor. Bill Jackway smelled smoke and got up to see what it was. He found no trace of the firebug--can discover no way in which he got out----
gpt
But how did he get in?
human
That is plain. It had rained early in the evening. Footprints are still visible leading across a soft piece of ground from the east fence to a window. The window was open, although Bill swears it was shut and locked when he went to bed at ten o'clock. That is how the marauder entered the building. How he got out is a mystery,
gpt
It is a very dreadful thing, complained Miss Carrington.
human
I do not see what we can do about it.
gpt
We must do something,
human
Suppose you suggest a course of procedure, Miss Gould?
gpt
I think it would be well, said Miss Gould,
human
That is quite ridiculous, Miss Gould! cried Miss Carrington, with some heat.
gpt
You have been listening to a base slander against one of my very best pupils.
human
You mean this Hester Grimes, Henry Grimes's daughter?
gpt
That is the girl, admitted Miss Gould.
human
I know little about her----
gpt
And I know a good deal, interposed Mrs. Case, grimly.
human
Miss Carrington finds her good at her books, and her deportment is always fair in classes. I find her the hardest girl to manage in all the school. She has a bad temper and she has never been taught to control it. It has gone so far that I fear I shall have to shut her out of some of the athletics,
gpt
I do not approve of these contests, said Miss Carrington, primly.
human
They are sure to cause quarreling.
gpt
If they do, then there is something the matter with the girls,