"We wanted to inquire whether you were certainly going so soon, and whether any one had engaged these rooms.

We took a great fancy to them.

What a desirable situation! So sunny! Such a fine view of Monte Pincio and the Pope's gardens!" "They were not engaged last evening," answered Mrs.Delano.
"Then you will secure them immediately, won't you, dear ?" said the lady, appealing to her spouse.
With wishes that the voyage might prove safe and pleasant, they departed.

Mrs.Delano lingered a moment at the window, looking out upon St.Peter's and the Etruscan Hills beyond, thinking the while how strangely the skeins of human destiny sometimes become entangled with each other.

Yet she was unconscious of half the entanglement..