"Thank you," he turned it mechanically in his hands. "Why! It has not been opened!"
The girl laughed again.
"No; of course not!"
"Of course not?"
"Hush!" the girl warned. "Mother was not expecting it. I did not tell her you had written for it. But I recognized the writing when it came and put it aside."
"But why?"
"Because I wanted to prove to you, if you came, that I was right in what I said to you that night at Ely. And you have just admitted it. Yes, you have!
"You remember I said that the essential facts between people are those which each judges of the other for herself. You pretended to think that the formal commendation of some responsible third person was more important. You pretended that, even a moment ago. But just now, when you supposed our invitation was the result of Mrs. Thorne's letter, you showed what you really thought
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