Forgive me for hurrying away, but I daren't stay," she added piteously.

"You know that I should like to.

Good-bye, and thank you again." "Good-bye," called Grace.

"I'll let you know as soon as I hear from Mary Stevens." "What a sweet little girl she is," said Jessica.

"I should like to keep her with me all the time." "She is a nice child," said Grace, "and she deserves something better than her present fate." "To change the subject," said Nora, "has any one seen Eleanor to-day?
She was not in English or geometry, although she may have come in late." "I don't believe she was in school at all," said Anne.