'Yes, and in the train.'

'And you left her there?'

'No; she left herself. She did not follow me out. She went on by
mistake, but is sure to come back this afternoon,' Arthur replied,
rather excitedly, just as a sharp ring at the bell announced the arrival
of Burchard and Belknap, the leading carpenters of the town, with whom
he was closeted for the next two hours, and both of whom he finally
hired in order to expedite the work he had in hand.

At precisely three o'clock the carriage from Tracy Park drew up before
the station, awaiting the arrival of the train and Gretchen, but though
the former came, the latter did not, and John returned alone, mentally
avowing to himself that he would not be sent on a fool's errand a third
time; but five o'clock found him there again with the same result.
Gretchen did not come, and Arthur's face wore a sad, troubled
expression, and looked pale and worn, notwithstanding the many times he
bathed it in the coldest water and rubbed it with the coarsest towels.

He had unpacked several of his trunks and boxes, and made friends of all
she servants by the presents, curious and rare, which he gave them,
while Dolly's headache had been wholly cured at sight of the exquisite
diamonds which her husband brought to her room and told her were hers,
the gift of Arthur, who had bought them in Paris, and who begged her to
accept them with his love.

The box itself, which was of tortoise shell, lined with blue velvet, was
a marvel of beauty, while the pin was a cluster of five diamonds with a
larger one in the center, but the ear-rings were solitaires, large and