She bent forward and kissed the younger woman and left her, as Dexter Standish came and stood before her.
"Margaret," he said, firmly, "I have come for you."
Without a word she stepped down from the platform and went with him.
When they came to the door a hansom happened to pass and he called it.
"Where are you taking me?" she asked, glad to be under the shelter of his devotion and ready to relinquish all right to decide upon her future for herself.
"To my mother," he answered, as he lifted her into the vehicle. "She's at a hotel here. She'll be glad to see you."
"Will she?" the girl asked, doubtfully.
"Yes," was the authoritative answer, "she knows that I have always loved you."
(1897.)