Summary

Chapter 20

Harriet catches Clara returning to the house. Ruby says it was Clara that talked her into going to the movies so that she might go out. Clara tells her mother about the historical society. Clara and her mother get into an argument about Harriet being so secretive. Clara storms off to her room as ordered.

Clara wakes up to find her mother standing by the bed. Harriet tells Clara about her father, an older man who believed that he was Elliot Glendoveer. When Clara was a young child, her father left and refused to tell Harriet where he was going. He wanted to protect Harriet and Clara from harm. He had never returned.

Cenelia gave Harriet a job. Harriet and Cenelia both wanted to believe the story about Elliot but there was no proof. Cenelia convinced Harriet that Clara could be in...