4/17 I've kept watch night and day, and I've always been certain that Fleurette was either in Winnie's care or Patty's. Patty wouldn't trust her with _me_ any more." Azalea spoke the last words wistfully, with a penitent look in her brown eyes. "After you took that blessed child to--" "There, there, Elise," Farnsworth interrupted, "we _do_ trust Azalea. Then,--while we were out walking, I saw Winnie go by,--and soon after I felt a--a sort of presentiment that I _must_ go home. I couldn't tell why,--only I felt I must come back to the house at once. |