“Stop, let me think!”
He walked to the window and waited.
Presently Eve spoke, and the strange softness of her voice made him wonder.
“Yes, it might be possible.”
“Then you accept?”
“Yes, I accept.”
CHAPTER XV
LYNETTE PUTS ON BLACK
Lynette had a little black velvet frock that had been put away in a drawer, because it was somewhat tarnished and out of fashion. Moreover, Lynette had grown three or four inches since the black frock had been made, and even a Queen of the Fairies’ legs will lengthen. Over this dress rose a contest in which Lynette engaged both her mother and Miss Vance, and showed some of that tranquil and wise obstinacy that characterised her father.