Bessie Curtis was in a great deal of trouble. She was spending a year in
the country while her father and mother were in Europe. It was not that
which was troubling her. She liked the country, she loved her uncle and
aunt with whom she lived, and she heard every week from her father
and mother. But something disturbed her. As the summer passed, and the
autumn came, she had moments when she looked very sober. What was the
reason?