"Here she is," they cried in a chorus, as Miss Campbell swept into the room, resplendent in mauve satin covered with billows of fine lace.
"Madame, you blind me with your magnificence," exclaimed the bachelor, making a low bow.
"I'm glad you like my dress," said the elegant little lady.
"It's not the dress but the eyes," he corrected her, just as Mr.
Campbell, followed by Reggie Carlton and Nicholas Grimm, appeared.
"We meet to meet again," cried Nicholas, joyfully.
The two young men were sailing for America on the same ship with the
Campbells, and many a long happy day they were all to have together.
"And I am to be the only figure left on the Japanese screen," said Mr. Buxton sadly. "I shall have to walk across the curved bridges alone and consume tea for two under the flowering cherry tree."
"I am afraid you will, sir," said Miss Campbell.
"Madam, permit me," he said solemnly, placing the apple tree at her feet.
"Is this any inducement?"
"Not the slightest," answered Miss Helen with a laugh.