John Derringham had been at the orchard house for three or four days before there was any sign of Halcyone.

She had kept away on purpose and was doing her best to repress the sense of resentment the thought of the presence of a stranger caused.

Mr.Carlyon had given her some simple books upon the Renaissance which she was devouring with joy.

This period seemed to give some echo of the Greek ideas she loved, and as was her habit she was visualizing everything as she read, bringing the people and the places up before her mental eyes, and regulating them into friends or acquaintances.

Cheiron did not confine himself to teaching her Greek alone, but directed all her reading, taking a growing delight in her intelligent mind.