‘ “Isn’t she at home? Didn’t she know that I was to be back to-day?”
‘ “I don’t know. Perhaps she may come soon.”
‘ “Has she gone out?”
‘ “Probably.”
‘ “Where has she gone?”
‘ “I really don’t know; perhaps she has gone across to Theodora’s.”
‘I went over there, but Annita had not been there. I ran back, and rushed in despair to my mother, and implored her to tell me where Annita was.
‘ “I hope no misfortune has happened to her,” I exclaimed.
‘ “I don’t know,” said my mother; “ask your father.”
‘I went to my father, and I must have had a strange look, there must have been something alarming in my countenance, for he turned pale.