A wonderful change had come over his countenance, the gloom and sternness had disappeared, and a softened and even gentle look had taken their place.

A smile of eager interest crossed his face as he heard the crunching of the gravel, which announced his son's return.
Betto was already opening the door, and a cry of surprise and gladness woke an echo in the old man's heart as he hurried along the stone passage into the parlour.

Cardo came in to meet him, leading Valmai, who hung back a little timidly, looking nervously into the Vicar's pale face.

But the look she saw there banished all her fears, and in another moment she was clasped in his arms, and in all Wales no happier family drew round their evening meal that night than the Wynnes of Brynderyn.
There is nothing more to be said, except that Gwynne Ellis's letter awaited Cardo's home-coming, and it shall speak for itself.
"DEAR WYNNE,--I write with such mixed feelings, and at the same time in such a hurry to catch the first possible post, that probably you will think my letter is a little 'mixed' too.

You will guess what was my astonishment, when calling upon Mrs.Power, to find--not Valmai, but her twin-sister, Miss Gwladys Powell! My dear Wynne, I was struck dumb by the likeness between them.