I----" "Pardon me.

That is quite sufficient.

Good-morning." The moment he interrupted her, a change in her face shewed she had a temper.

She did not move a muscle until she heard the house door close behind him.

Then she ran upstairs to the drawing-room, where Miss McQuinch was still practising.
"Oh, Nelly," she cried, throwing herself into an easy chair, and covering her face with her hands.