If so, poor dear Charlie must have felt distinctly out of his element.

But his spirits are wonderful.

I believe he would make a tombstone laugh." "It will be nice to see him again," said Molly tolerantly.

"It is three months now since we dispersed." She made the remark with another thought in her mind.

Surely by this Charlie would have forgotten the folly that had caused her annoyance in the old days! Constancy was the very last quality with which she credited him.