from her mind--from her heart. Then a copy of "Revised Versions" arrived
for her from the author, and with the ink still wet upon the pen with
which she had written that letter to him, she caught up the book and
covered it with kisses.

Had he seen that action her lover would have been thoroughly satisfied.
A young woman must be very deeply in love with a man when she kisses the
cover of a book which he has just published. That is what George Holland
would have thought, having but a superficial acquaintance with the
motives that sway young women.

Later in the day he had replied to her letter, and had appointed four
o'clock on the following afternoon as the hour when he trusted she would
find it convenient to see him, in order to give him an opportunity of
making an explanation which he trusted would enable her to see that
"Revised Versions," so far from being the dreadful book she seemed to
imagine it to be, was in reality written with a high purpose.

She had not shrunk from an interview with him. She had sent him a line
to let him know that she would be at home at four o'clock; and now she
sat in her drawing room and observed, without emotion, that in five
minutes that hour would strike.

The clock struck, and before the last tone had died away, the footman
announced the Rev. George Holland.



CHAPTER IV.