and fro collecting his things and putting them into his bag.

And then, just when he had finished, she bethought herself that he
must be hungry. She flew to the kitchen, but she was too late.
Before she could even reach at the loaf of bread he descended the
stairs, with a clattering noise, and heard her voice as she spoke
quickly to Kate O'Brien.

"Miss Susan," he said, "don't get anything for me, for I'm off."

"Oh, Mr. Dunn, I am so sorry. You'll be so hungry on your journey,"
and she came out to him in the passage.

"I shall want nothing on the journey, dearest, if you'll say one
kind word to me."

Again her eyes went to the ground. "What do you want me to say, Mr.
Dunn?"

"Say, God bless you, Aaron."

"God bless you, Aaron," said she; and yet she was sure that she had
not declared her love. He however thought otherwise, and went up to
New York with a happy heart.

Things happened in the next fortnight rather quickly. Susan at once
resolved to tell her mother, but she resolved also not to tell
Hetta. That afternoon she got her mother to herself in Mrs. Bell's
own room, and then she made a clean breast of it.