19/22 "Should I be guessing right," she asked, eagerly, "if I guessed you to be some great lady in disguise ?" Mercy laughed to herself--low and bitterly. "I a great lady!" she said, contemptuously. "For Heaven's sake, let us talk of something else!" Grace's curiosity was thoroughly roused. "Once more," she whispered, persuasively, "let us be friends." She gently laid her hand as she spoke on Mercy's shoulder. |