Now and then we catch him looking at her--and we draw our own conclusions." "Did you meet Emily on your way here ?" "Yes, and she passed without speaking to me." "Thinking perhaps of Mr.Morris." Cecilia shook her head.

"Thinking, Francine, of the new life before her--and regretting, I am afraid, that she ever confided her hopes and wishes to me.

Did she tell you last night what her prospects are when she leaves school ?" "She told me you had been very kind in helping her.

I daresay I should have heard more, if I had not fallen asleep.

What is she going to do ?" "To live in a dull house, far away in the north," Cecilia answered; "with only old people in it.