Gentlemans boots came loud again upon tairs. I ep, tate at to knock at Briar. At last  o tch, and came in.

    Are you ready? he said.

    t in  say anoto o  look at  to my otress; and all I ime I , tle creatures trah my cheek.

    In tleman came to my room. sleeves.

    Ss you, to dress her, he said.

    ook  doairs. Maud  up a tray, e upon it. te  touc very still, in t once   dark about ttered. S me, as s everyte of eggs, to place over , odd, distant kind of gaze; and ened, and ed, tion, and t of  making tly surprising and strange.

    I dressed  again beside t  at t, tly lifted, as if even to let t against t stuff of  migo  them.

    S a tilt. I t s be listening for t Briar. But sioned  all.

    I took  and emptied it, in t t of tairs Mrs Cream came to me. S over her arm. She said,

    Mr Rivers says the bed needs changing.

    So  gaze at o let ten about t. I  sloairs and ssey, t to ts. ts of dark blood t ood and looked at t my eye—as muco say, ell, I s . Quite a little love-matcer all! Maud sat gazing out of tairs came tlemans knife on e. Mrs Cream raised t, to see if ttress underneat , and t pleased her.

    I , to tsey, and seen Mauds queer, soft gaze.

    took it hard, have she? she whispered. Maybe missing her ma?

    I said not first. t, and o ter, I t drearily, to make it ood on ttle landing ly,

    t. trouble, up es on  bear gossip— o t place, ry air will calm her.

    Calm  likely to break out—turn t the place afire?