But--' 'Why "but" ?'--said Mrs.Burgoyne, briskly, still in quest of rings, handkerchief, and fan,--'unless you are quite tired of us.' The girl smiled.

'I couldn't be that.

But--I think you'll be tired of me! And I've heard from the Porters of a quiet pension in Florence, where some friends of theirs will be staying till the middle of June.

They would let me join them, till the Porters are ready for me.' There was just a moment's pause before Eleanor said-- 'Aunt Pattie would be very sorry.

I know she counts on your going with her to Vallombrosa.