lives, it pleases the omnipotent Mr. Harley that I shall marry him,
and I positively--Well, just you wait and see."

There was silence for some minutes.

"Then I suppose you will decline to go abroad altogether?" asked Mrs.
Corwin after a while; "and Mr. Harley will be forced to get some one
else; and I--I shall be deprived of a pleasant tour--because I'm only
to be one of the party because I'm your aunt."

Mrs. Corwin's lip quivered a little as she spoke. She had
anticipated much pleasure from her trip.

"No, I shall not decline to go," Miss Andrews replied. "I expect to
go, but it is entirely on your account. I must say, however, that
Stuart Harley will find out, to his sorrow, that I am not a doll, to
be worked with a string. I shall give him a scare at the outset
which will show him that I know the rights of a heroine, and that he
must respect them. For instance, he cannot ignore my comfort. Do
you suppose that because his story is to open with my beautiful self
on board that ship, I'm to be there without his making any effort to
get me there? Not I! You and the children and Osborne and
Balderstone may go down any way you please. You may go on the
elevated railroad or on foot. You may go on the horse-cars, or you
may go on the luggage-van. It is immaterial to me what you do; but
when it comes to myself, Stuart Harley must provide a carriage, or I
miss the boat. I don't wish to involve you in this. You want to go,
and are willing to go in his way, which simply means turning up at
the right moment, with no trouble to him. From your point of view it
is all right. You are anxious to go abroad, and are grateful to Mr.