Page 159 - The Little sister of Wilifred

her head hot, and feeling too tired to

get out of bed. The little girl had cried
herself to sleep, miserably wishing her­

self back in Mrs, Bagiev’s closet, and

was really ill, her over-tasked body
at last giving out under this mental

strain.

Mrs, Moran advised her to lie quietly

in bed for the rest of the morning ; but
Peggy was fearful of losing a chance to

escape from her uncomfortable position,

and begged to get up* She hoped that

in the bright morning light the discov­
ery would be made that she was not

Wilifred, but a poor little interloper,

who would then be released from her

misery. But strangely enough, when

there seemed any actual chance of this,
her heart beat so fast with fear that she

did all she could to prevent i t ; and as

any strangeness in her behavior was