The doctor said as I was to keep you very quiet, especially when you began to get back your senses.

Shut your eyes, do, and go to sleep!" But Columbine's eyes remained open.

"I'm not sleepy," she said.

"And I must speak to you.

I want to know--I must know"-- she faltered painfully, but forced herself to continue--"Rufus--did he--did he really come back--that night ?" Mrs.Peck's compassion perceptibly diminished and her severity increased.