CHAPTER X.
KATHLEEN'S PROMISE "Not in, Miss," was the disappointing information Grace received from the maid who answered the door at Morton House.
"Did she leave word when she would return ?" questioned Grace.
"She did not, Miss.

She went out with Miss Denton, and didn't say nothin', Miss," was the discouraging reply.

"An' will I tell her you was askin' for her, Miss ?" "No; I may come again this evening." Grace walked slowly down the steps and across the campus.

She was not at all sure that she would repeat her call.

Dear as was Arline to her, the inevitable reaction had set in.