"I remember. Why should you be such an angel to me?" burst forth Eliza.
"Is that being an angel? Why, I'm so glad. You know I might be a little bit lonely at the island. Mr. Wright is pretty sleepy in the evening and the house rambles. We'll shut up part of it, Eliza, won't we?"
"Oh, Mrs. Wright!" exclaimed the lonely woman, every trace of her fierceness gone. "What a godsend you're givin' me."
"Then it's settled; and Violet will be so glad. She isn't quite pleased with our plan for the winter."
CHAPTER VI
BROTHER AND SISTER
Kathleen Fabian sat at her desk, deeply engrossed in the theme she was writing, when her brother's name was brought to her.