GOSSAMER THREADS
Mr. Muir was to depart on the early train the following morning, and was pleased when Madge opened her door at the same time and said, "I'm going to see that you have a good breakfast and a good send-off."
She chattered merrily with him during the meal, ignoring his somewhat wistful and questioning glances. "When shall we see you again, Henry?" she asked.
"Friday evening, I hope."
"Don't work and worry too much."
"I defy fate now. You've given me your luck."
"Heaven forbid! Well, good-by."
A little later she and two of her boys, as she called them, were off on the hills. Mrs. Muir and Graydon breakfasted long after, and the latter observed with a frown that Arnault was still at the Wildmere table, with all the serenity of one en famille.
"Doctor," he said, a little later, "how much will you take—the money to be given to your chapel—to go trouting with me for a day?"
"A good round sum," Dr. Sommers replied.