4/39 To use the conventional phrase, church had "come out," and the congregation was even now making its way down the broad avenue towards the high-road. "It is kind indeed of you to come down. I hope you have good news for us ?" [Illustration: "'HOW DO YOU DO, MR. FAIRFAX ?' SAID MISS KITWATER."] "I am inclined to consider it good news myself," I said. "I hope you will think so too." She did not question me further about it then, but asking me to excuse her for a moment, stepped over the little plot of ground where her dear ones lay, and plucked some of the dead leaves from the flowers that grew upon it. |