"She might have done so much better with her cleverness too.

Such a milliner as she might have turned out! Well good-bye, brother James, and don't go having any more of those visions; they're not wholesome for you." "I should be very lonesome without them," answered Oliver.

"Good-bye, Charlotte, good-bye, and God bless you.

Come again as soon as you can." He went with her to the door, and stayed to watch her along the quiet alley, till she turned into the street.

Then, with a last nod to the back of her bonnet, as she passed out of his sight, he returned slowly into his dark shop, put up the flap of the counter, and retreated to the darker room within.