Then she opened her eyes to speak.

"What does it matter--if I've failed ?" "You recognise then that you've failed ?" asked Charlotte from the threshold.
Maggie waited; she looked, as her companion had done a moment before, at the two books on the seat; she put them together and laid them down; then she made up her mind.

"I've failed!" she sounded out before Charlotte, having given her time, walked away.

She watched her, splendid and erect, float down the long vista; then she sank upon a seat.

Yes, she had done all..