Why do you ask Annie ?" And Lily went upstairs with a cross, shut mouth.

But it angered the young man that she made a servant of his sister.
On the third evening William and Lily were sitting together in the parlour by the fire in the dark.

At a quarter to eleven Mrs.Morel was heard raking the fire.

William came out to the kitchen, followed by his beloved.
"Is it as late as that, mother ?" he said.

She had been sitting alone.
"It is not LATE, my boy, but it is as late as I usually sit up." "Won't you go to bed, then ?" he asked.
"And leave you two?
No, my boy, I don't believe in it." "Can't you trust us, mother ?" "Whether I can or not, I won't do it.