"When you are alone with Ann please try to avoid all unpleasant subjects, or anything you see she would rather not talk about." "Thanks awfully for the hint," returned Wayne quietly.

"I had been meaning to speak first of her father's funeral.

I thought I would follow that with a searching inquiry into her mother's last illness.

But of course if you think this not wise I am glad to be guided by your judgment, Katie." "Wayne!" she reproached laughingly.

"Now you know well enough! I simply meant if you saw Ann wished to avoid a subject, not to pursue it." "Thanks again, dear Sister Kate, for these easy lessons in behavior.