"
"That is just it. Papa doesn't want anyone to see those papers. Some
of them have to be kept secret. Oh, I know he will feel dreadful about
the loss, and so will Grandma! It was partly her property that was
involved in the transaction."
"But they can't blame you."
"I hope not. I'll never be forgiven by Will for letting Prince throw
me and run away, though. He'll never let me take him again."
"It was partly Will's fault for not doing the errand himself,"
declared Mollie, with energy. "Then this might not have happened. Of
course I don't mean," she added hastily, "that I blame him in the
least for what happened to Dodo. But I mean the papers might not have
been lost, for he would likely have carried them in his coat pocket,
and not in the saddle."
"That is what I should have done, I suppose," spoke Grace with a sigh.
"But my riding habit had no pocket large enough. Oh, dear! I'm afraid
it will be spoiled by the mud and rain," for she had left it at Mrs.
Carr's and had borrowed a dress to wear home in the carriage, a dress
that was rather incongruous in conjunction with her riding boots and
derby hat.
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