"We'll see you at breakfast, then?"
"Perhaps," she said in a casual tone, continuing on her way.
"Not surely?"
"Why not come and see?" The words were wafted back to us provocatively
upon the evening air.
"We will! Good night."
"Good night."
We walked some little way in silence.
"Eight o'clock!" murmured my companion presently in a reflective, rueful
tone. "We must turn in early."
We did turn in early, and we should have been asleep early was it not
for the fact that among the chief wonders of Columbus must be ranked its
roosters--birds of a ghastly habit of nocturnal vocalism.
But though these creatures interfered somewhat with our slumbers, and
though eight is an early hour for us, we reached the neighboring house
next morning five minutes ahead of time. And though the manner of the
elder sister was, as before, austere, that made no difference, for the
younger sister was there.
After breakfast we dallied, chatting with her for a time; then a bell
began to toll, and my companion reminded me that I had an engagement to
visit the Industrial Institute and College before leaving.
It was quite true. I had made the engagement the day before, but it had
been my distinct understanding that he was to accompany me; for if
anything disconcerts me it is to go alone to such a place.
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