At the door of her aunt's room she met Mrs.Kurd, who had come to call them to supper.

Dora made her request then and there, to be allowed to go into the little garden, but her aunt said that it was now supper time, and after supper it would be quite too late.

Mrs.Kurd put in a word in Dora's favor, saying that no one would be out there, and it would be safe for Dora to run about there as much as she chose, and at last Aunt Ninette consented to allow her to go out for a while after supper.

The child could scarcely eat, so great was her excitement.

She listened all the while for the sound of the returning wheels and the children's voices, but nothing was to be heard.