She had seated herself in the armchair in her mother's dressing-room, and sitting there waited till she should be told by her mother what had occurred.

When the sound of the wheels caught her ears, she came to the door of the room and held it in her hand that she might learn what passed.

She heard Linda's sudden and affectionate greeting; she heard Mrs.Woodward's expression of gratified surprise; and then she heard also Norman's solemn tone, by which, as was too clear, all joy, all gratification, was at once suppressed.

Then she heard the dining-room door close, and she knew that he was telling his tale to Linda and her mother.
O the misery of that next hour! For an hour they remained there talking, and Katie knew nothing of what they were talking; she knew only that Norman had brought unhappiness to them all.

A dozen different ideas passed across her mind.