CHAPTER XXI
SIX MONTHS LATER
Janet dear:
I know you think I’m a wretch not to have written in so long! but honestly, things have been happening so fast that I don’t have time to sit down and write you about one event before a brand-new one has taken place.
I’ve missed you horribly ever since you went back to Northam. It was a shame that you had to leave just after the grand clear-up of our mystery, for you’ve been missing some of the most wonderful parts—all the lovely things that have happened since.
I think I’ve already written you about some of the changes that have taken place in “Benedict’s Folly.” It’s the most remarkable thing—the way Aunt Minerva has taken that place—Miss Benedict and all—completely under her wing! Miss Benedict (who, by the way, wants us both to call her Miss
