do with such a proud, repellant-looking young woman; but when you
smiled I began to see then."

I had not reached the smiling stage just then, and was revolving her
speech in rather a dispirited way. Reliable! I knew I was that; when
all at once she left off looking at me, and began talking to Uncle
Geoffrey.

"And so you have finished all your Good Samaritan arrangements, Dr.
Cameron; and your poor sister-in-law and her family are really
settled in your house? You must let me know when I may call, or if I
can be of any use. Giles told me all about it, and I was so
interested."

"Is it not good of Uncle Geoffrey?" I broke in. And then it must
have been that I smiled; but I never could have passed that over in
silence, to hear strangers praise him, and not join in.

"I think it is noble of Dr. Cameron--we both think so," she
answered, warmly; and then she turned to me again. "I can understand
how anxious you must all feel to help and lighten his burdens. When
Dr. Cameron proposed your services for my little niece--for he knows
what an invalid I am, and that systematic teaching would be
impossible to me--I was quite charmed with the notion. But now,
before we talk any more about it, supposing you and I go up to see
Flurry."