She felt sheltered and comforted.

But Andrew passed Eva Tenny coming to the house on his way out of the yard, and when she entered Fanny began at once: "Who do you s'pose came home with Ellen last night ?" said she.

She looked at Eva, then at Ellen, with a glance which seemed to uncover a raw surface of delicacy.

Ellen flushed angrily.
"Mother, I do wish--" she began; but Fanny cut her short.
"She's pretendin' she don't like it," she said, almost hilariously, her face glowing with triumph, "but she does.

You ought to have seen her when she came in last night." "I guess I know who it was," said Eva, but she echoed her sister's manner half-heartedly.