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She made a deep courtesy to him and said:
"You will be glad to know, Mr. Stirling, that Miss D'Alloi has suffered
no serious shock from her runaway, and passed a good night. It seemed to
Miss D'Alloi that the least return she could make for Mr. Stirling's
kindness, was to save him the trouble of coming to inquire about Miss
D'Alloi's health, and so leave Mr. Stirling more time to his grimy old
law books."
"There, sir, I hope you are properly crushed for your wrong-doing,"
cried Watts.
"I'm not going to apologize for not coming," said Peter, "for that is my
loss; but I can say that I'm sorry."
"That's quite enough," said Leonore. "I thought perhaps you didn't want
to be friends. And as I like to have such things right out, I made papa
bring me down this morning so that I could see for myself." She spoke
with a frankness that seemed to Peter heavenly, even while he grew cold
at the thought that she should for a moment question his desire to be
friends.
"Of course you and Peter will be friends," said Watts.


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