She must be very near now.

Again she asked, and in so uncertain a voice that she had to repeat her question before it was understood.

Number so-and-so; why, it was just over yonder; the cottage that seemed to be built of some glistening white stone.

And so she stood at the door.
A child opened, and, without questioning, laughed and said, 'Come in, please.' She found herself at once in a comfortable kitchen.

The child pointed to an inner door, which, in the same moment, softly opened.
'Lyddy!' So it had come at last.