It was only a matter of hours now until she would see her.

She could almost hear her father's voice and feel his hand on her shoulder in the old caressing way.

Smiling to herself Grace walked rapidly on toward Wayne Hall, so rapidly, in fact, that she ran squarely against a tall girl, who, coming from the opposite direction, had apparently been traveling at the same rate of speed.

The collision occurred directly under the arc light.

The tall girl gave a smothered exclamation and would have rushed on, but Grace put forth a detaining hand, saying: "Stop a moment, Elfreda.