"Bad news from your aunt ?" she asked.
"No, my dear; no news at all." Emily put her arms tenderly round her friend's neck.

"The time has come, Cecilia," she said.

"We must wish each other good-by." "Is Mrs.Rook here already ?" "It's _you_, dear, who are going," Emily answered sadly.

"They have sent the governess to fetch you.

Miss Ladd is too busy in the schoolroom to see her--and she has told me all about it.