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'Thank you, she says, raising for a moment a pair of wonderful dark eyes to his face. Lippa looks at her curiously, wondering what her life story is, and then they part, going in opposite directions.
'I'm longing to know what you two were talking about, says Mabel. Paul laughs and replies, 'We were settling a very weighty matter, weren't we, Lippa? Philippa merely says 'Yes, and longs to turn the conversation, for what may not Jimmy think.
'Good-night, replies Lippa, and having dispensed with the services of her maid she seems to have no intention of seeking her downy couch, she envelopes herself in a loose wrapper and drawing an armchair up to the window, appears to be contemplating the moon, but her thoughts are far far away from it.
'Philippa, he says in a low tone, 'I have tried so hard to think badly of you, but to-day you looked so kindly at me, you did not do it for nothing, did you, Lippa tell me, will you bid me go away a second time? I am not rich, but I might sell out and get some more remunerative employment, and if you only knew how I love you
'There is no necessity whatever, the doctors said, insanity is not in your family at all; it was a shock your mother had when she was not very strong, so dear, please do not fancy foolish things like that. Lippa smiles.
'No one you ever knew, replies Mabel, guessing the question that she would ask. 'Ah! and Lippa breathes a sigh of relief, 'is it a friend of George's or Paul's? 'wife' she is going to say but hesitates. 'No, replies Mabel, 'it is someone who has been in an asylum for many years, she pauses wondering how to go on when Philippa spares her the trouble by saying, 'My mother?
'I'm so glad; he's quite the nicest fellow I know. I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart. 'Thank you, says Lippa, simply. 'But you won't tell anybody, will you? Nobody knows, not even Mabel 'But, my dear child, why did you tell me, of all people first? asks he. 'I had to tell somebody, and I know George couldn't keep anything from Mabel, or Mabel from him.
He suddenly nods and beckons, and when Lippa rises she finds that Jimmy is sitting one off her, only Teddy between. It is the first time she has seen him since her mother's death, and she wonders if he will speak when they get out of church, and why he ever came into their pew. But when the service is over, Teddy having sung lustily in his shrill voice, nothing awkward takes place.
'How did you guess? says Mabel, surprised. Lippa heeds her not. 'Somebody I never knew, she murmurs to herself, 'somebody I never knew, and yet my mother; how strange. Tell me about her, she adds, 'when, did she go mad?
'Oh, her partner is Helmdon, says Jimmy, 'he's never to be mistaken with his what. The lady, I think, is Mrs Standish, an American widow, and therefore rolling in riches. I never knew an American widow who wasn't. 'It would be very nice, says Lippa. 'What! to be an American widow? She laughs. 'No! to be very rich; there would be no need to think twice as to whether you could afford anything
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