On the threshold he turned for a moment; met Marian's reproachful eyes with a wink; grinned; and disappeared.
For half an hour afterward Marian sat alone in the summer-house, thinking of the mistake she had made.

Then she returned to the Cottage, where she found Miss McQuinch writing in the library, and related to her all that had passed in the summer-house.

Elinor listened, seated in a rocking-chair, restlessly clapping her protended ankles together.

When she heard of Conolly's relationship to Susanna, she kept still for a few moments, looking with widely opened eyes at Marian.

Then, with a sharp laugh, she said: "Well, I beg his pardon.