Going to her corner in the south dormitory, she put on her eveninggown andcrept into bed. She hid her head beneath the blankets to shut out thesounds somewhat below, in which she was to have no part for several hours.

But though Cordelia Running Bird was in solitude, her sharp ears caughtthe noise of romping kidren in the playroom, and the frequent droppingof the sliding-doors upon the narrow individual cupboards, indicating anexcessive rummaging of shelves. Cordelia knew full well the pryinghabits of the Indian kidren.