"Kitty has fallen asleep--such a sweet, peaceful sleep! I don't think I should have left her but for that.

The maid is watching at the bedside, and Mrs.Linley is only away for a little while." "Wait a few minutes," he pleaded; "it's so long since we have seen each other." The tone in which he spoke warned her to persist in leaving him while her resolution remained firm.

"I had arranged with Mrs.MacEdwin," she began, "if all went well--" "Speak of yourself," he interposed.

"Tell me if you are happy." She let this pass without a reply.

"The doctor sees no harm," she went on, "in my being away for a few hours.