Page 174 (1/2)

Her hand went again to her forehead, then dropped at her side A look of

fear and of piteous appeal came into her face "The witch said that I

dreamed, and that it was not well for drea was broken With a cry, she hurried across

the rooown "Ah! that is no

dream, is it? No dream that he is my friend, only my friend who has always

been sorry for entleman, the

truest, the best--he loves the lady at Westover--they are to be

--he was not hiht"--Her eyes appealed to the face above her "I

could never have dreamed all this," she said "Tell me that I ake!"

The minister's wife looked down upon her with a bitter smile "So you've

had your fool's paradise? Well, once I had h 'twas not your

kind 'Tis a pretty country, Audrey, but it's not long before they turn

you out" She laughed soain "He never knehat people were saying?" she cried "You little

fool, do you suppose he cared? 'Twas you that played your cards all wrong

with your Governor's ball last night!--setting up for a lady,

forsooth!--bringing all the town about your ears! You ht have known

that he would never have taken you there in his senses At Fair View

things went very well He was entertained,--and I ot his support in the vestry For he was