I hear the dinner-bell; so adieu." He descended to the dining-room and took his place at the table.

Captain Danton's new-found daughter he compelled to take poor Rose's vacant place; but Agnes did not even make a pretence of eating anything.

She sat with her hands clasped tightly in her lap, her eyes fixed steadily on the door, trying with all her might to be calm and wait.
The appetite of the whole family was considerably impaired by the revelation just made, and all waited anxiously the return of Kate.

In half an hour the dining-room door opened, and that young lady appeared, very pale, and with traces of tears on her face, but smiling withal.
Agnes sprang up breathlessly.
"Come," Kate said, holding out her hand; "he is waiting for you!" With a cry of joy Agnes hurried out of the room and upstairs.
At the green baize door Kate restrained her a moment.
"You must be very quiet, Agnes--very calm, and not excite or agitate him." "Oh, yes! yes! Oh, let me go!" Miss Danton opened the door and let her in.

In a moment she was kneeling by the bedside, her arms around his weak head, showering kisses and tears on his pale, thin face.
"Forgive me!" she said.