"I will send the token," she said, after a moment's struggle.
"I will soon return with news of my success," she said, placing her hand on the latch of the door.
"Go, then, quickly! But you will not venture to the beach alone?"
"'Tis light as noonday! A step across the lawn, and a short trip down the path, and old Meredith's hut is within a stone's throw. I will not be three minutes gone."
"I must certainly go with you, Grace."
"Not for the world!"
"Lest I interrupt the tender moonlight interview you have in prospect with the handsome fisherman, I dare say. Ah, you arch girl! I verily believe you have an eye to your own interests, which accounts for your devotion to me in this matter," said Kate, laughing, and shaking her head at her.
"A fisher's lad!" she repeated, in the slightly scornful tone her cousin had hitherto used.
"Nay, I was not in earnest, Grace," said Kate, apologetically, kissing her as she was leaving the chamber.
"Nor was I," replied the lively maiden. "Watch me from the opposite window as I cross the lawn. Courage, dear cousin! You will soon have Lester at your feet, and be folded in his—"