She bit her lip, sat silent a moment, then spoke with composure.

"It must seem odd, my--" "No, no!" Bibbs protested, earnestly.

"Not in the--in the least." "It does, though," said Mary.

"I had not intended to come to the cemetery, Mr.Sheridan, but one of the men in charge at the house came and whispered to me that 'the family wished me to'-- I think your sister sent him.

So I came.