55/99 She made her lie down on the bed, and placed pillows high for her like a mother, and leaned over her as she lay, and pressed her lips gently to her forehead. "Lie there," said she, "till I open the door: then join us. Do you know what I am going to do? You read faces; well, I read circumstances. Matters are not as you thought," said she, with all a woman's tact. |