But she and her companions acted with more consideration than ladies permitted to visit the shops of Europe show for their masculine escort.

Eive alone, on this as on other occasions, availed herself thoroughly of those privileges of childhood which I had always extended to her.
So quick are the proceedings and so excellent the arrangements of Martial commerce, even where ladies are concerned, that a couple of hours saw us on our way homeward, after having passed through the apartments of half the merchants in Altasfe.

Purposely for my own pleasure, as well as for that of my companions, I took a circuitous route homeward, and in so doing came within sight of a principal feminine Nursery or girls' school.

Recognising it, Eunane spoke with some eagerness-- "Ah! I spent nine years there, and not always unhappily." Eveena, who sat beside me, pressed my hand, with an intention easily understood.
"And you would like to see it again ?" I inquired in compliance with her silent hint.
"Not to go back," said Eunane.

"But I should like to pay it a visit, if it were possible." "Can we ?" I asked Eveena.
"I think so," she answered.