"Yes, you have!" she cried. "Yes, you have!"
And she burst into tears and turned about and ran out of the room.
CHAPTER VI.
THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT.
The morning after, Ferrol heard an announcement which came upon him like a clap of thunder.
After breakfast, as they walked about the grounds, Olivia, who had seemed to be in an abstracted mood, said, without any preface:
"Miss Rogers returns home to-morrow."
Laurence stopped short in the middle of the path.
"To-morrow!" he exclaimed. "Oh, no."