many instances a story that would shame all men because of man." He
glanced at the clock and got up quickly.

"I'm sorry, but I've got to go. I'd entirely forgotten an
engagement I'm compelled to fill. May I come again?" He held out
his hand. "I've heard about you, of course. I've wanted to know
you. There's much I'd like to talk to you about. When you leave
Scarborough Square and go back into your world, you can tell it
many things it should know. Some day it will understand." Abruptly
he turned and left the room.




CHAPTER XV

The girl down-stairs, the girl named Lillie Pierce, was taken on the
back porch this morning, and for the first time Mrs. Mundy left me
alone with her.

"When the snow's gone and the sun shines, the cot can be rolled out, I
told the doctor," Mrs. Mundy tucked the covering closely around the
shrinking figure, "but chill and dampness ain't friends to feeble
folks, and there's plenty of fresh air without going outdoors. It's
hard to make even smart folks like doctors get more 'n one idea at a
time in their heads, and in remembering benefits, they forget dangers.
Are you ready, child, for a whiff of sunshine? It's come at last, the
sun has."

The girl nodded indifferently, but as the cot was pushed into the porch