“Yes.”

“Can you not cast it out wholly?”

“Hate has many tentacles.”

“What produces that condition of mind?” meditatively. “Is it because we have wronged somebody?”

“Or because somebody has wronged us?”

“Or misjudged us, by us have been misjudged?” softly.

“Good gracious!” exclaimed Nora, springing up.

“What is it?”

“Father is coming up the path!”

“I am glad to see him. But I do not recollect having seen the face of the man with him.”