Lois, weighed down by the consciousness of her promise, felt it was her fault, yet dared not try to put him at his ease, and fled, at the sound of his step, to her refuge in the garret.

She did not feel that her promise to Mrs.Forsythe meant that she must give opportunity as well as consent.

But Dick did not force his presence upon her, and he was very uncomfortable and _distrait_ when at the rectory.
She need not have feared his coming again that evening.

He was in the library of his mother's house, covering many pages of heavy crested note-paper with his big, boyish writing.

Strangely enough, however, for a young gentleman in love with Miss Lois Howe, he was addressing in terms of ardent admiration some one called "Lizzie." But in the gladness of meeting Helen, Lois almost forgot him.