She shook her head.
"I—I did not know you were here."
"I am not supposed to be," he answered, kissing his daughter.
Alicia hastily said good-bye, Medland not trying to detain her. But he signed to Daisy to stay in the room and escorted Alicia down-stairs.
At the hall door he kept her, laying his hand on the door.
"Yes, that was very kind. Poor child! She wants friends."
"I can do very little—I——"
"Yes, I know. And you are going?"
"Yes, in three weeks."
He was silent for a moment: then he looked in her eyes.