CHAPTER XVI.
AT Albany, Mr.Hendrickson found Miss Arden awaiting him.

The warmth of her reception showed that he was more in her eyes than a pleasant friend.

And in his regard she held the highest place--save one.
The meeting with Mrs.Dexter at Newport was unfortunate.

Hendrickson had looked right down into her heart; reading a page, the writing on which she would have died rather than have revealed.

Her pure regard for him was her own deeply hidden secret.