"And Col. Baker was going to take that character," said Flossy to herself. And Eurie, in her heart, felt grieved and hurt that her friend of long standing, Leonard Brooks, could have said and done just what he had; he could never be to her as though he had not said and done those things. As for Marion, all she said was:
"I begin to have a clearer idea of what Grace Dennis and her father mean."
CHAPTER VIII.
DR. DENNIS' STUDY.
HEY walked on in absolute silence for a few minutes, each busy with her own thoughts. Eurie was the first to speak: