Oletha was concentrating on planning how she could be rid of her and knew that this was going to be extremely difficult.
As the Curator’s daughter she could hardly arrive with a lady’s maid. At the same time it would be unthinkable for her to travel alone even for a very short distance and certainly not if going to stay with her friend.
She thought it over very carefully and knew that the one thing she must not do would be to dispense with Martha before she left home.
She was quite certain that, if Mr. Allen thought that there was anything strange about her journey, he would immediately telegraph her father.
Although she tossed and turned all night, Oletha had found no solution to this problem by the time morning came.
One possible chance was, she thought, to take Martha into her conf
