"I must have another kiss to reconcile me to my new character." She bent her head to meet the caress--looked by chance at a cupboard fixed in a recess in the opposite wall of the room--and suddenly checked herself.

"This is too selfish of me," she said, rising abruptly.

"All this time I am forgetting the bridegroom.

His father will leave him to hear the good news from you.

Do you think I don't know what you are longing to do ?" She led Minna hurriedly to the door.