"You are very kind.No.I do not wish to lie down.

I haven't felt so thoroughly awake in--" she drew a pink cluster of oleander against her cheek and thought a moment--"in several years." There was a new look about her certainly.
"Nervous excitement," her mother-in-law replied.

"You're not like yourself at all to-night.

You'll certainly be ill to-morrow!" Viva turned at this and again astonished the old lady by serenely kissing her.

"Not at all!" she said gaily.