"Mam'selle," he said; "I half believe you will reconsider and take me in."
"I half believe I will!" Jo's lips twitched.
Her instinct guided her.
"The upper chamber is ready," she added, "and the noon meal is about to be set on the table."
"And I'll show you the way!" Donelle went on before Law, a new look upon her face, a gladder look than had rested there for many a day.
CHAPTER XXI
DONELLE AT LAST SEES TOM
"The greatest wrong Norval did was to leave you in the dark."
Law and Donelle sat in the wood-cabin, and the room was warm and bright. Norval's deserted pictures were hung in good light and now some of Law's own had also found a place on the rough walls.
"You are woman enough to have understood."