“'Mighty beings,' said the spirit, 'forgive me. Attend Ada united and forever, and I shall then have fulfilled my destiny.'
“'We promise,' returned the shades; and gazing for a few moments in earnest fondness on the dreamer's happy face, the Fairy bade a last farewell to her well-loved charge.”
“Where did you find this strange tale?” inquired Dawn, as soon as her friend had finished.
“In Ralph's folio of drawings, which he loaned me a few days ago.”
“Have you the folio here?”
“No, I left it at home; but took some of his last sketches to copy, or rather study.”
“I did not know you could sketch.”
“I do not; but Ralph is teaching me.”
“Do you enjoy it?”
“Very much, with him for instructor. I should not like any one else to teach me.”