"She has gone to visit a sick neighbor, but will return shortly." "Is my mother well ?" asked the youth.
Nina rose to her feet.

This, then, was Pierre Delebarre, of whom his mother had so often spoke.

The heart of the maiden fluttered.
"The good Blanche is well," was her simple reply.

"I will go and say to her that her son has come home.

It will make her heart glad." "My dear young lady, no!" said Pierre.