“I will call for you at ten o’clock if you will permit me.”

“Thank you, I shall be glad,” she replied, frankly; and then he hurried away, almost frightened at himself for having impulsively offered her his escort, and half pleased, half repentant.

CHAPTER IV.

“AND THOU WERT GAY, THOUGH I WAS NOT WITH THEE!”

Go—strive the sea wave to control;

Or, wouldst thou keep me thine,

Be thou all being to my soul,

And fill each want divine;

Play every string in Love’s sweet lyre,

Set all its music flowing;