"Did you come in merely to say that? If so, Miss Eveleen, I must request you to depart, as I am going to say my prayers."
"Directly," said Eeny, nestling more comfortably on her stool. "Did you ever hear any one play and sing as she does?"
"She plays and sings remarkably well."
"Grace, what would you give to be as beautiful as she is?"
"Nothing! And now go."
"Yes. Isn't it odd that papa did not bring Mr. Richards into the drawing-room. Ogden and papa helped him up stairs, and Ogden brought him his supper."
"Who told you that?"
"Babette. Babette saw him, but he was so muffled up she could not make him out. He is very tall and slim, she says, and looks like a young man."
"Eeny, how soon are you going?"
"Oh, Grace," she said, coaxingly, "let me stay all night with you."