Rodman stood facing her, with his arms folded; his eyes rested on her face; he said nothing.
"I am going away to-morrow," began Miss Ward again, assuming with an effort her old, pulseless manner. "I have sold the place, and I shall never return, I think; I am going far away."
"Where?"
"To Tennessee."
"That is not so very far," said the keeper, smiling.
"There I shall begin a new existence," pursued the voice, ignoring the comment.
"You have scarcely begun the old; you are hardly more than a child, now. What are you going to do in Tennessee?"
"Teach."
"Have you relatives there?"