Of course Blanche was silly; but, equally of course, this young lady's perception of it was quickened by Blanche's having married a rich man whom she herself might have married.
"Gordon does n't think so," Bernard said.
Angela looked at him a moment.
"I am very glad to hear it," she rejoined, gently.
"Yes, it is very fortunate." "Is he well ?" the girl asked.

"Is he happy ?" "He has all the air of it." "I am very glad to hear it," she repeated.

And then she moved the latch of the gate and passed in.

At the same moment her mother appeared in the open door-way.

Mrs.Vivian had apparently been summoned by the sound of her daughter's colloquy with an unrecognized voice, and when she saw Bernard she gave a sharp little cry of surprise.