Thus far I have done nothing.

Believe me, my dear, only my great anxiety compels me to ask you to make this sacrifice.
"Yours lovingly, "ROSE GRAY." The letter sliding from her nerveless fingers, Grace saw her surroundings through a swirling mist.

For a moment or two she yielded to the terror that clutched at her heart.

Her sturdy nature reasserting itself, she rose, recovered the letter and walked slowly into the living-room.
"Girls," she said, her voice a trifle unsteady, "I must leave you at once.

I--Mrs.Gray needs me and has sent for me.