"Ah, why indeed ?" she murmured.
Then her mood changed; her face grew hot, and there was a pained look in her eyes.

"I have tried him too much," she thought; "there are limits even to his patience.

Last time I noticed a change: he is growing weary--perhaps he has seen some one else;" and here she choked down something like a sob and hurried on.
Dinah wondered what was amiss with her that evening; she seemed so listless and silent, and took so little interest in the absorbing topic of Cedric's engagement.
The young couple were to arrive the following afternoon, and Dinah had arranged to drive to Earlsfield to meet them.

As they sat down to luncheon, she said to Elizabeth, "I am so glad that Mr.Herrick has promised to come to-morrow; I have just had a telegram from him;" and she handed it to her sister.

Elizabeth was rather a long time reading it.