'It may be a matter of months, Hazel.'
She looked gravely up and down. 'But nothing elsethat I can think ofwould be so much like home.'
The kisses which answered her were energetic enough to speak without words; and when a few minutes later dinner was served, Rollo came to the table with the air of a satisfied man. And then he told Hazel stories about Göttingen.
'Prim writes that Mrs. Coles is coming to town,' said Hazel, later in the meal, when roast venison had superseded student life.
'Prudentia!When?'
'Next week. Shall we be away?'
'No,' said Dane smiling. 'I wish we could.' And then he was silent, and the dessert was on the table before he alluded to the subject again.
'Hazel,' he said suddenly, 'write and ask Prim to come with Mrs. Coles and stay a few days. It will be a great delight to both of them.'
'No, indeed,' said Hazel promptly.
'No? why?' said Dane with a laugh in his eyes which he let come no further.