17/20 'She has headaches so often, and she has one now. And papa has not come back from the bank. I have been gardening and am all----.' Then she stopped and blushed, as though ashamed of herself for saying so much. I will not go the ceremony of leaving a card, as I hope to able to come again to thank her for her kindness before I went on my travels. Will you tell your father that I called ?' Then he mounted his horse, feeling, as he did so, that he was throwing away an opportunity which kind fortune had given him. |