"I--I put a lock on that door so's I--I could shut the room up when I wanted to.

Well, when I was in there this afternoon the wind blew the door shut and--Hey ?" "I--I never said nothin'," panted Kyan.
"Yes, it blew to, the lock clicked, and there I was.

If I hadn't had the other key in my pocket I don't know's I wouldn't have been in there yet.
That would have been a pretty mess, wouldn't it! He! he! he!" She laughed shrilly.

The minister looked at her, then at her brother, and he, too, burst into a shout of laughter.

Kyan did not laugh; yet his grip upon the chair relaxed, and over his countenance was spreading a look of relief, of hope and peace, like a clear sunrise after a stormy night.
"Well, I must go and get supper," declared Lavinia.