At one time I thought that you did not like me." "Oh, I think we get on very well together," said Lucy somewhat evasively, for she did not want to say that she would make the widow an intimate friend, "and, as you know, I am quite pleased that you should marry my step-father." "So pleasant to think that you look at my ambition in that light," said Mrs.Jasher, patting the girl's arm.

"When does the Professor return ?" "I cannot say.

He refused to fix a date.

But he usually remains away for a fortnight.

I expect him back in that time, but he may come much earlier.