"Glad? No."
"Didn't you like the pictures?"
"Well enough, but I wish now I hadn't gone to see them."
"Oh, why?"
"Because I don't want Mr. Blackmore to call on me, and I had to say he might as he'd been kind to you. I don't want to have anything to do with strangers—I want to be left alone."
Melina thought it wise to make no response to this. She walked on by her grandmother's side in silence for a while, but presently she said:
"I'm so happy to-night, Gran, that I feel I must speak of it. My heart is very, very glad."
"Indeed! Why?"
"I think it's because I've learnt to love Jesus," was the softly-spoken admission.
"Love Jesus?" echoed Mrs. Berryman, in amazement.