Then he went straight to the Merrick home and sent his card to Louise.

The girl flushed, smiled, frowned, and decided to go down.
No one had ever interested her so much as Arthur Weldon.

There had been a spice of romance about their former relations that made her still regard him as exceptional among mankind.

She had been asking herself, since the night of the reception, if she still loved him, but could not come to a positive conclusion.

The boy was no longer "ineligible," as he had been at first; even Uncle John could now have no serious objection to him.