"May I count on you ?" She looked at him, the ecstasy of the mountains still shining in her starry eyes.

"Yes--yes! If I am allowed!" And then, with a sudden memory of her promise to the Colonel, "But I don't suppose I shall be.

And I haven't anything to wear except my fancy dress." "What of that ?" he said lightly.

"Call the fairies in to help!" She laughed, and ran in.
Not for a moment did she suppose that she would be allowed to dance that night; but it seemed that luck was with her, for the first person she met was the Colonel, and he was looking so particularly well pleased with himself and affairs in general that she stopped to tell him of her drive.
"It's been so perfect," she said.

"I have enjoyed it! Thank you ever so many times for letting me go!" Her flushed and happy face was very fair to see, and the Colonel smiled upon her with fatherly kindness.