CHAPTER XV

THE OSTRACIZING OF JUDY In spite of Lilias and Miss Matthews, no information about the broken miniature was forthcoming. No one went near the staff-room that night; and no one appeared to know anything about the affair. Muriel tried to fix it on to Judy; but, luckily, that young lady was able to prove a complete alibi, since she had been lying down with the others for the usual half-hour immediately after dinner, and then had been with Miss Matthews herself for remedial exercises until the mistress had gone up to h…