XXXVII

Things were moving happily in Suite A. Herman Medfield had been awake

and stirring since daybreak. He had written one or two notes in his own

hand, and had dictated a longer one to Miss Canfield. It was addressed

to Thomas Dalton, and it lay on the stand beside his chair in the

window.

The girl had grasped its import swiftly, as she took down the crisp

words.

"It is just what Julian needs," she said compactly as she folded and

sealed and stamped it.

He nodded. "You understand him surprisingly well--considering that you

love him," he added smiling.

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