Are you invited, Ursula ?' "'Yes.' "'Good.

I am not--but I shall be there--in the fir grove behind the house, with two horses.

When the dancing is at its height you'll steal out to meet me.

Then 'tis but a fifteen mile ride to Charlottetown, where a good minister, who is a friend of mine, will be ready to marry us.

By the time the dancers have tired their heels you and I will be on our vessel, able to snap our fingers at fate.' "'And what if I do not meet you in the fir grove ?' said Ursula, a little impertinently.
"'If you do not, I'll sail for South America the next morning, and many a long year will pass ere Kenneth MacNair comes home again.' "Perhaps Kenneth didn't mean that, but Ursula thought he did, and it decided her.