CHAPTER XXVI.
The End of the Honeymoon Mrs.Lopez had begged her father to address his reply to her at Florence, where,--as she explained to him,--they expected to find themselves within a fortnight from the date of her writing.

They had reached the lake about the end of November, when the weather had still been fine, but they intended to pass the winter months of December and January within the warmth of the cities.

That intervening fortnight was to her a period of painful anticipation.
She feared to see her father's handwriting, feeling almost sure that he would be bitterly angry with her.

During this time her husband frequently spoke to her about the letter,--about her own letter and her father's expected reply.

It was necessary that she should learn her lesson, and she could only do so by having the subject of money made familiar to her ears.