Grace made a slight motion toward the door, which her friends were not slow to comprehend.

It was her intention to slip quietly away and leave the mother and daughter alone with their new-found happiness.
Before she could put her plan into execution, however, Mrs.Allison divined her intention and turning quickly toward her, said, "Don't go, Grace.

I feel as though you girls belonged to me, too.

Besides, you have not heard my part of this story yet." "Perhaps you are hardly strong enough to tell us after so much excitement," deprecated Grace.
"My dear, I feel as though I had just begun to live," answered Mrs.
Allison.

"The past has been one long dreary blank.