He sent up his card, and Miss Loring returned for answer, that she would see him in a few moments.

Full five minutes elapsed before she left her room.

It had taken her nearly all that time to school her agitated feelings; for on seeing his name, her heart had leaped with an irrepressible impulse.

She looked down into her heart, and questioned as to the meaning of this disturbance.

The response was clear.