The matter caused more of a stir than Agony had expected, and much more than she had wished for.  Dr. Grayson prided himself upon the high standard of conduct which was maintained at his camp, and he knew that the mothers of his girls gave their daughters into his keeping with implicit faith that they would meet with no harmful influences while they were at Camp Keewaydin.  If a rumor should ever get about that the girls from his camp went out in canoes after hours Keewaydin’s reputation would suffer considerably.  Dr. Grayson was outraged and thoroughly angry.  He decided at once that Jane should be sent home in disgrace.  That very day, however, Mrs. Grayson had received a letter saying that Jane’s mother was quite ill in a sanatarium and that all upsetting news was being carefully kept away from her.  She particularly desired that Jane should not come home, as there was no place for her to stay, and she was so much better taken care of in camp than she would be in a large city with no one to look after her.  It was this letter that brought about a three-hour conference between the Doctor and Mrs. Grayson.  Dr. Grayson was firm about sending Jane home in disgrace; Mrs. Grayson, filled with concern about her well loved friend, could not bear to risk upsetting her at this critical time by turning loose her unruly daughter.  In the end Mrs. Grayson won her point, and Jane was allowed to stay in camp, but she was deprived of all canoe privileges for the remainder of the summer and forbidden to go on any of the trips with the camp.  She was taken away from the easy-going, sound-sleeping councilor whose chaperonage she had succeeded in eluding, and placed in a tent with Mrs. Grayson herself.  Dr. Grayson called the whole camp together in council and explained the matter to the girls, dwelling upon the dishonorableness of breaking rules, and when he finished his talk there was small danger that even the smallest rule would be broken again during the summer.  The sight of Jane Pratt called out in public to be censured was not one to be soon forgotten.  Agony was commended by the Doctor for her firm stand in the matter, and praised because she did not take the easier course of remaining silent about it and running the risk of letting the reputation of the camp suffer.

Since then Jane, though somewhat subdued, had treated Agony with such marked animosity of manner that Agony hardly dared look at her.  Added to her natural embarrassment at having been the in-former—­a role which no one ever really enjoys—­was the matter which lay like lead on Agony’s own conscience and which tortured her out of all proportion to its real significance.

“Pretender!” the whole world seemed to shriek at her wherever she went.

Thus, although Agony apparently was throwing herself heart and soul into the preparations for Stunt Night, her mind was not on it half of the time and at times she was hardly conscious of the bustle and excitement around her.