So, if you can spare a minute, write her a few lines, to show that you still think of her.

Her address is----, etc." To Hilliard all this seemed merely a pleasant proof of Eve's amiability, of her freedom from that acrid monopolism which characterises the ignoble female in her love relations.

Straightway he did as he was requested, and penned to Miss Ringrose a chatty epistle, with which she could not but be satisfied.

A day or two brought him an answer.

Patty's handwriting lacked distinction, and in the matter of orthography she was not beyond reproach, but her letter chirped with a prettily expressed gratitude.