"We have all missed you dreadfully, haven't we, Evelyn ?" "Yes," replied Evelyn in her usual indifferent fashion.

Then as Grace turned to go she said sweetly, "Thank you so much for your kindness to me, Miss Harlowe." But Grace reflected disappointedly as she went slowly into her own room that Mary Reynolds' innocent interruption had occurred just in time to prevent the establishment with Evelyn of the very footing which she had been trying all year to gain..