Kasia made no comment.
She was going into the sitting room as she and Mrs. Meadows were talking.
The meal had been carried up on a tray by a footman, who placed on the table the first course. “I’ll come back as soon as you’ve finished,” Mrs. Meadows said.
She moved towards the door.
“I think,” Kasia replied, “I passed the school room which is just on the right as I was coming up the stairs.”
“That’s right,” Mrs. Meadows answered.
“Then I think, if you do not mind,” Kasia said, “I would like to go in unannounced. It might give me a better chance than if my pupil thinks I am yet another teacher.”
“As you wish,” Mrs. Meadows agreed. “In any case, I expect somebody has mentioned your arrival so Master Simon’ll be expecting you.”
Kasia hoped it was with something not so unpleasant as an
