.

Is it hymns ?" "No, it isn't hymns.

It is a volume that is making a deal of talk just now, and is very widely known--except among parties who sell it." The clerk glanced at her face to see if a sarcasm might not lurk somewhere in that obscure speech, but the gentle simplicity of the beautiful eyes that met his, banished that suspicion.

He went away and conferred with the proprietor.

Both appeared to be non-plussed.