The Commandant takes out his watch, discovers that it is close upon time for the opening ceremony, and descends the hill in a hurry. At the school-house door he meets the Lord Proprietor, and they shake hands as they enter the building together. But after going the round of the stalls, the Lord Proprietor looks up.
"She is coming this afternoon, is she not?"
"She is coming," says the Commandant, and looks forth from the open window over the sea.
