Even if everything is over, I'd like him to see me." "I'll come for you a little before ten," said Corinna; and then, as the door of the library opened and Vetch came out, she added hurriedly: "I must go now.

Remember to look your prettiest." "No, don't go," begged Patty.

"Father will be so disappointed." She had remembered the message, and she felt that Corinna, whose wisdom was infallible, might help her to understand it.

Though it had sounded so casual on the surface, her natural sagacity detected both a warning and a menace; and the very touch of Corinna's hand, in her long white glove, was reassuring and helpful.
Whatever may have threatened Vetch, he seemed oblivious of it as he came forward with his hearty greeting.

"It's queer," he said, "but something told me you were here.