She just went on painting, and said nothing." "Oh, she will decide the matter in time! She will bring her little intellect to bear on it as if it were a picnic for her Sunday-school class!" Jean stood silent a while.

"Miss Vance," she said suddenly, "let me engineer this affair for a few days.

I can help you." "What do you propose to do, Jean ?" "To leave Bozen to-morrow.

For Munich." "But the Wolfburghs have a palace or--something in Munich.

Is it quite delicate for us----" "It is quite rational.