I wished to ascertain more of what she thought but no: she would converse no more.

Hastening to Mrs.Bretton, she questioned her, and received the confirmation of my news.

The weight and importance of these tidings kept her perfectly serious the whole day.

In the evening, at the moment Graham's entrance was heard below, I found her at my side.

She began to arrange a locket-ribbon about my neck, she displaced and replaced the comb in my hair; while thus busied, Graham entered.
"Tell him by-and-by," she whispered; "tell him I am going." In the course of tea-time I made the desired communication.