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"Do you approve his co

him?" asked Ailsa uneasily

"Of co'se, Honey-bell He is a Berkley He should have paid his

respects to us long ago"

"It was for him to mention the relationship when I met him He did

not speak of it, Celia"

"No, it was fo' you to speak of it first," said Celia Craig gently

"But you did not know that"

"Why?"

"There are reasons, Honey-bud"

"What reasons?"

"They are not yo' business, dear," said her sister-in-law quietly

Ailsa had already risen to examine herself in the mirror Now she

looked back over her shoulder and down into Celia's pretty

eyes--eyes as unspoiled as her own

In Celia Craig reracious and confident faith in

kinship which her Northernman aited beloas a Berkley, a kinsman

Name and quality were keys to her hospitality There was also