Destiny lost no time either--the revelation came the very next evening.

Kate and Eeny had been to St.Croix, visiting some of Kate's poor pensioners, and evening was closing in when they reached the Hall.

A lovely evening--calm, windless, still; the moon's silver disk brilliant in an unclouded sky, and the holy hush of eventide over all.

The solemn beauty of the falling night tempted Kate to linger, while Eeny went on to the house.

There was a group of tall pines, with a rustic bench, near the entrance-gates.