jewel the door opened and Dorcas Knight entered the room, bearing on
her arm Capitola's riding dress, which had been well dried and
ironed.

"Miss Capitola, here is your habit; you had better put it on at
once, as I have ordered breakfast an hour sooner than usual, so that
you may have an early start."

"Upon my word, you are very anxious to get rid of me, but not more
so than I am to depart," said Capitola, still pursuing her search.

"Your friends, who do not know where you are, must be very uneasy
about you. But what are you looking for?"

"A ring, a plain gold circle, with my name and that of another
inscribed on it, and which I would not lose for the world. I hung it
on a pin in this pin-cushion last night before I went to bed. I
would swear I did, and now it is missing," answered Cap, still
pursuing her search.

"If you lost it in this room it will certainly be found," said
Dorcas Knight putting down the habit and helping in the search.

"I am not so sure of that. There was some one in my room last
night."

"Some one in your room!" exclaimed Dorcas in dismay.

"Yes; a dark-haired woman, all dressed in white!"