CHAPTER VII.
THE VEILED PROPHETESS OF DESTINY "But is Emma really coming, Elfreda ?" questioned Sara Emerson anxiously.
"She wrote us that she would surely be here." Seven eager faces reflected the anxiety in Sara's tones as she made this inquiry.

The first day of the Semper Fidelis week of reunion was well on its way toward sunset.

Of the original members, six had descended upon the Briggs' spacious cottage to keep Elfreda company.

With them had come Kathleen West and Patience Eliot, the guests of honor.

Five members were still among the missing.