He was to start from Woodburn, so he bade adieu to all the friends but that family, then went home with his friend, Captain Raymond.
After a late dinner there, he found and seized the opportunity he had so long been waiting for.

Lucilla was sitting alone upon the veranda, with a book in her hand, but not reading, for her eyes were not on it.

She seemed to be thinking intently of something else.

But when Captain Keith took a seat by her side she welcomed him with a pleasant smile.
"So you leave us to-night," she said.

"I hope you have enjoyed your visit well enough to feel a trifle sorry to go." "I have enjoyed my visit greatly," he said in reply, "and I should like to prolong it; but it will not do to play all the time.