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long and flowing grace the rich folds of nut-brown satin that robed her

She wore no ornaments of any kind, except a cluster of white asters in her

belt, which Mary had given her fro them there when Mary entered "You lovely woman!"

she cried enthusiastically "I think you must look like Helen of Troy I

have a mind to call you Helen Have you reflected that you will have to be

Uncle John's host? So before I take you to hio down stairs, dear, and

see if the table is pretty, and all just as I should like to have it for

hio to the

conservatory and cut the loveliest you can find--only if you stay too

long, I shall send Uncle John to find you"

She passed out nodding and sie found that the dinner table was splendidly laid, but it was,

as she expected, destitute of flowers, because it had always been either

Mary's or her own pleasure to cut thee double drawing-rooms on the opposite side of the hall, and

she was rather astonished to see that the fires had been lighted in them

At the entrance of the conservatory she stood aif she

could reach a superb white careen leaves As she hesitated, Allan opened the door, and walked

straight to the hearth He did not see Maggie, and her first impulse was

to retreat into the shadow of soht , waiting