She was determined to win Patty's heart, and she wanted to be near enough to reach out her hand when the right moment came.

That moment had not come yet, and she knew it, for she was wise from experience.

There was time enough, and she felt no impulse to hasten developments.

She was strongly attracted, and since her sympathy was easily stirred, she wished, without any great desire, to help the girl if she could.

The only way, she realized, was to watch and hope, to play the waiting game as far as this was possible to her active nature.