“At all events, you may congratulate Ada.”
“Probably. Do you stay here much longer?”
“I go at the end of the week, the day after to-morrow.”
“So soon?”
“Yes, Knightswell must not be left empty.”
They gazed at each other without definite expression.
CHAPTER III.
I shall be home on Saturday,” wrote Isabel, at the close of a letter addressed to Wood End. “I am writing to Mr. Vissian, to ask him to come and see me before his afternoon service on Sunday, as I want to speak with him of several things. Will you come at three? He will leave shortly after, and you—perhaps will not care to stay?”