Guy looked at her aghast for a single moment, and then a comical smile
broke all over his face, telling poor Maddy plainer than words could
have done, that she had made a most ridiculous mistake.

"Oh, sir," she cried, her eyes wearing the look of the frightened
hare, "it is not right. I don't know what it means. Tell me, teach me.
What is it to amo?"

To most men it would not have seemed a very disagreeable task,
teaching young Madeline Clyde "to amo," as she termed it, and some
such idea flitted across Guy's mind, as he thought how pretty and
bright was the eager face upturned to his, the pure white forehead,
suffused with a faint flush, the cheeks a crimson hue, and the pale
lips parted slightly as Maddy appealed to him for the definition of
"amo."

"It is a Latin verb, and means 'to love'" Guy said, with an emphasis
on the last word, which would have made Maddy blush had she been less
anxious and frightened.

Thus far she had answered nothing correctly, and, feeling puzzled to
know how to proceed, Guy stepped into the adjoining room to consult
with the doctor, but he was gone. So returning again to Madeline, Guy
resumed the examination by asking her how "minus into minus could
produce plus."

Again Maddy was at fault, and her low-spoken "I don't know" sounded
like a wail of despair. Did she know anything, Guy wondered, and
feeling some curiosity now to ascertain that fact, he plied her with