It's been just seven days, you know." "I know.

She comes to-morrow, doesn't she ?" "Yes, and I'm glad.

I shall tell Marie she needn't leave Cyril on _my_ hands again.

Bertram says that at home Cyril hasn't played a dirge since his engagement; but I notice that up here--where Marie might be, but isn't--his tunes would never be mistaken for ragtime.

By the way," she added, as she rose from the table, "that's another surprise in store for Hugh Calderwell.