Louise did not appear again that evening.

Thoroughly tired, she unpacked her trunks, sat awhile by the open window, listening to a piano in a neighbouring house, and then jumped into bed.

From ten o'clock to eight next morning she slept soundly.
At breakfast her behaviour was marked with excessive decorum.

To the ordinary civilities of her host and hostess she replied softly, modestly, in the manner of a very young and timid girl; save when addressed, she kept silence, and sat with head inclined; a virginal freshness breathed about her; she ate very little, and that without her usual gusto, but rather as if performing a dainty ceremony.

Her eyes never moved in Mumford's direction.
The threatened letter from Mrs.Higgins had arrived; Emmeline and her husband read it before their guest came down.