“I’ll make her, and if uncle kills me for it afterward, well, he must.”

“I should like to catch him trying to,” said Guest.

“No, no; I don’t mean that. Then what do you think of my plan?” said Edie. “You should come here to fetch us to some exhibition—to see something; any evening would do. We could let them be together for a little while and then bring them back.”

“Capital!” said Guest; “only isn’t that my plan, little one?”

“Oh, what does it matter which of us thought of it?”

“Not a bit,” he said, pressing the hand that lay so near him; and a little later on, with the understanding that if Myra would consent the attempt should be made, Guest left the house.


Chapter Thirty.

At her own Heart’s Bidding.