The sisters looked at each other, but said nothing, and Jean never mentioned him again. She applied herself more diligently than ever to her work on hand, and sometimes shut herself up for a day at a time in the panelled room.
[CHAPTER XV]
A SUBSTITUTE
"He never errs who sacrifices self."—Bulwer Lytton.
"JEAN," said Chris one morning at breakfast, "guess whom I have heard from to-day?"
"Any one that I know?" said Jean musingly.
"Yes."
"Not Mrs. Fergusson?"
"The very same. And she sends her periodical invitations. I wonder she cares to remember me at all."
"But why don't you go? Oh, you must. You would like her so much. She is fascinating. I only saw her once, but I longed to see her again. Why shouldn't you go?"