GARTH FINDS HIS ROSARY Jane spent but a very few minutes in the drawing-room that evening.

The fun in progress there was not to her taste, and the praises heaped upon herself annoyed her.

Also she wanted the quiet of her own room in order to think over that closing episode of the concert, which had taken place between herself and Garth, behind the scenes.

She did not feel certain how to take it.

She was conscious that it held an element which she could not fathom, and Garth's last act had awakened in herself feelings which she did not understand.