"Yes, but Judge Trent was with me. We sang,—
'You and I together, Love,
Never mind the weather, Love.'"
Edna looked at him with curiosity and approval. A hundred incidents of their old friendship were returning to her thought. It was almost the same boyish head and face that topped this tall personage.
"You're just as silly as ever, John, aren't you?" she said. "I'm so glad."
He laughed toward Sylvia. "There's a reference for you, Miss Lacey."
"You please her. What more can you ask?" returned Sylvia.
It had all, all been a preparation for this moment. For this cause Thinkright had found her and brought her to the farm and taught her his philosophy. For this cause she had risen from the plane where Nat and Bohemia had been possibilities. For this cause Edna had given her her gracious friendship. The Prince and Princess had met in her presence, and she was as sure it was meeting never to part as she was that her earthly ideals could never be severed from theirs.
Edna and John both laughed at the earnestness of her naïve reply.
"She intends to keep me in my place, doesn't she?" he said to Edna.