But he soon recovered himself enough to speak to her of what was in his mind.

He had an old aunt, who had been a friend of Mary's mother, and from her he brought a message and an offer of a home.

Her carriage was at the door--it had been sent for her--and he urged her to go with him immediately.

Mary had no good reason for declining so kind an offer.

It was a home that she most of all needed; and she could not refuse one like this.
"There is another unredeemed pledge," said Mr.Edwards, significantly, as he sat conversing with Mary about a year after she had found a home in the house of his aunt.