human
And that secret, Margaret?
gpt
She had, she said, a packet--a sealed packet of great value--that she did not wish any one in the school to know about. It had been given to her by one she loved. She was extremely reticent about it, and seemed to be in great trouble. She explained why she had not spoken of it at first by saying that she did not think that the secret concerned any one in the school, but since she had joined the club she had felt that she ought to tell. We asked her all the questions we could; and she certainly gave us to understand that the packet was hers by right, but that, rather than give it up, she had told an untruth about it to Fanny's father, Sir John Crawford. We were very much stunned and distressed at her revelation, and we begged of her to go with the story to you, and also to put the packet in your charge, and tell you what she had already told us. This she emphatically refused to do, saying that she would never give the packet up under any conditions whatever. We had a special meeting of the club on the following night, when we again asked Betty what she meant to do. She said her intention was to keep firmly to her resolve that she would never give up the packet nor tell where she had hidden it. We then felt it to be our bounden duty to ask her to withdraw from the club. She did so. I think that is all.
human
Only, said Mrs. Haddo, speaking in a voice of great distress,
gpt
Indeed we wouldn't keep it a secret, said Margaret.
human
How could we? We'd give all the world to find it for her. Who can have taken it?
gpt
Some one has, beyond doubt, said Mrs. Haddo.
human
Children, this is a terrible day for me. I have tried to be kind to you all. Won't you help me now in my sorrow?
gpt
We know nothing of the packet.