CHAPTER L.
Towards seven o'clock on the evening of Thursday, Carmina recognised Teresa for the first time.
Her half-closed eyes opened, as if from a long sleep: they rested on the old nurse without any appearance of surprise.

"I am so glad to see you, my dear," she said faintly.

"Are you very tired after you journey ?" None of the inquiries which might have been anticipated followed those first words.

Not the slightest allusion to Mrs.Gallilee escaped her; she expressed no anxiety about Miss Minerva; no sign of uneasiness at finding herself in a.

strange room, disturbed her quiet face.
Contentedly reposing, she looked at Teresa from time to time and said, "You will stay with me, won't you ?" Now and then, she confessed that her head felt dull and heavy, and asked Teresa to take her hand.