“Never have I heard any voice like hers, my Teresina. God grant that I may find her!
“Expect soon and suddenly to see your most loving brother,
“PAOLO.”
Mrs. Thornton showed this note to Despard the next time they met. He had read the journal in the mean time.
“So he is coming back?” said he.
“Yes.”
“And with this marvelous girl?”
“Yes.”
“She seems to me like a spirit.”
“And to me.”