"Go now, dear child, and make yourself ready.

The carriage will be at the door almost immediately--Arthur has consented to my taking the children in a close carriage.

They must return before sundown, but you need not be in such haste." Mr.Dinsmore did not find Capt.

Raymond looking so completely cast down as he had expected.

His face was slightly flushed, his expression somewhat perplexed and disappointed, but by no means despairing.
"I fear I have been too precipitate," he said, in answer to his host's inquiring look.