As they drove by the Corners the minister, who had been replying absently to Annabel's questions, suddenly stopped short in the middle of a sentence.

His companion, leaning forward to look out of the window, saw Grace Van Horne entering the store.

For an instant Annabel's face wore a very unpleasant expression.

Then she smiled and said, in her sweetest manner: "Why, there's the tavern girl! I haven't seen her for sometime.

How old she looks! I suppose her uncle's death has aged her.