"No—I think you're about right," said Mrs. Stuart. And she stood up slowly, left him alone, and went upstairs to her bedroom for a while. There are times when one needs to be all alone with God.
[CHAPTER XXVII.]
HOW THINGS CAME ABOUT.
THE next evening Mrs. Stuart asked abruptly of her son—
"Seen any of the Dunns to-day?"
"Just for a minute." Archie questioned with himself what might be coming next.
"Nancy Dunn?"
"Yes, mother. I'd hardly a word with her, though."
"And you're hankering after her just as much as ever?"
"Mother, there isn't another girl like Nancy in all the whole world! I give you my word for it," said Archie earnestly.