Laura leaves her lover at the station, and is not a whit disconcerted by the change in affairs.
She and Madame Lepelletier are going to the city to-morrow to spend several days in shopping, and this evening they must devote to a discussion of apparel. They scarcely miss Floyd, who goes to bed at last with the utmost satisfaction.
CHAPTER IV.
My heart no truer, but my words and ways more true to it.—Robert Browning.
"Say good by to papa." And Floyd Grandon stoops to kiss his little daughter. "Jane will take you out to walk, and Aunt Gertrude will show you the pictures again if you ask her."
The evening before she had evinced a decided liking for Gertrude.
"Where are you going?" There was a quick apprehensiveness in her tone as she caught his hand.
"On some business," with a smile.
"Take me, too. I don't want to stay here alone," she cries, imperiously.