Then what was it ? Suddenly Worth flushed again . She knew now -- it was shame . She was a guest in that house as an impostor ! What she had done seemed no longer a mere joke . What would her host and hostess say if they knew ? That they would never know made no difference . She herself could not forget it , and her realization of the baseness of the deception grew stronger under Mrs. Kirby 's cordial kindness . Worth never forgot that evening . She compelled herself to chat as brightly as possible , but under it all was that miserable consciousness of falsehood , deepening every instant . She was thankful when the time came to leave . `` You must come up often , Miss Moore , '' said Mrs. Kirby kindly . `` Look upon Beechwood as a second home while you are in Kinglake . We have no daughter of our own , so we make a hobby of cultivating other people 's . '' When Millicent returned home from the Alpha Gamma outing , she found Worth in their room , looking soberly at the mirror . Something in her chum 's expression alarmed her . `` Worth , what is it ? Did they suspect ? '' `` No , '' said Worth slowly . `` They never suspected .
They think I am what I pretended XXXXX be -- Millicent Moore .
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