"Thank you for telling me so much," said Rosamund when Maud ceased speaking.
"I had to tell you, for I want you, if you talk to her, to be very careful, for she is still exceedingly nervous. And no wonder. What she lived through at The Follies was enough to destroy the nerves of any woman, even the stoutest-hearted in the world."
"Well, I should like to speak to her, and I will certainly not harm her," said Rosamund.
Maud left her for a little while, and in a few minutes Miss Carter was seen coming down the path with Maud hanging on her arm.
"Now, Cartery dear," she said, "you talk to Rosamund Cunliffe, who is a friend of mine, and I will go and have a good, romping game of tennis. Oh, I see they are just breaking up the present set, so I am just in time."
Off ran Maud. Miss Carter's light-blue eyes followed her with an expression of the deepest affection.
"You seem very fond of her," said Rosamund suddenly.
"I don't know what I should have done without her. She saved my life and my reason."
"I don't want to talk about what has evidently given you very great distress," said Rosamund after a time; "but I should like to tell you that I know."
"You know?" said Miss Carter, beginning to tremble, and turning very pale.