Wait and see." The formalities at the lawyers' took some time.

Captain Elisha was absent from the apartment the better part of the following two days.

The evenings, however, he spent with his niece and nephew, and, if at all sensitive to sudden changes of the temperature, he must have noticed that the atmosphere of the library was less frigid.

Caroline was not communicative, did not make conversation, nor was she in the least familiar; but she answered his questions, did not leave the room when he entered, and seemed inclined to accept his society with resignation, if not with enthusiasm.

Even Stephen was less sarcastic and bitter.