I hope it is not necessary to say anything more, Mackenzie." Mackenzie flushed.

She was a sensible woman, she knew that she had done wrong, and she said very promptly: "I am very sorry, miss.

I was flustered, and I expect I haven't got used to speaking to--to Mrs.
Armour as I'll be sure to do in the future." As she spoke, two or three deer came trotting out of the beeches down to the lake side.

If Lali was pleased and excited before, she was overwhelmed now.

Her breath came in quick little gasps; she laughed; she tossed her hands; she seemed to become dizzy with delight; and presently, as if this new link with, and reminder of, her past, had moved her as one little expects a savage heart to be moved, two tears gathered in her eyes, then slid down her cheek unheeded, and dried there in the sunlight, as she still gazed at the deer.