There will be nothing false in that, for I like her ever so much, and I shall remember to think more of what she likes.

No one shall see me break down any customs of society,--especially, he shall not,--but out of my mind they are swept and utterly gone." Having thus shaped her course, Dora thought she would go to bed.

But suddenly an idea struck her, and she stood and pondered.
"I believe," she said, speaking aloud in her earnestness, "I believe that that is what Miss Panney meant.

She has spoken so well of him to me; she has heard about that girl, and she said, yes, she certainly did say, 'It shall be done.' She wants it, I truly believe; she wants me to marry him." For a few minutes she stood gazing at her ring, and then she said,-- "I will go to her; I will tell her everything.

It will be a great thing to have Miss Panney on my side.