"I thought he found living rather a difficulty."
"Mother always said he would make a fortune and think of us, and he has! So nice, too, he won't say it's him. Just imagine a present of two hundred pounds for each of us, to go and study music in Germany!"
Lewis laughed heartily.
"Oh, Lewis, you don't believe it! Look for yourself!" She held out her letter which certainly contained a draft for two hundred pounds. Jeanie walked in with a similar letter in her hand.
"Isn't it lovely? Imagine such a thing happening to us!"
"Seaton Hamilton must have found a gold mine! When was the last time he wrote to you?"
"It was just when—Jeanie was playing with——" Maud left off, she must not mention the discarded lover, but Jeanie blushed as she murmured,
"Mother is always right! She said he would remember us when he was rich, and he has."
Mrs. Hamilton and Miss Honoria entered together, and there was a chorus from the girls whilst Lewis stood by the fire smiling.
"Really, Delia, this is the first time I have known your prophecy to come true. And he puts it nicely," said Miss Honoria.