Miss Theodosia was not exactly con
scious of this, but she had from the first
felt that it was a very great kindness of
Mr*. Trafford to come during the pleas
antest time of the year to a house of
mourning, and as the weeks crept slowly
over she felt that her visitor must be pin
ing for another face beside her sad one.
Asa matter of fact Miss Theodosia had
not a particularly sad face at this time;
she thought that aha had, she truly and
conscientiously believed that the depth of
her grief for Lavinia equalled the depth
of the crape flounces on her gown, but in
reality such was not the case. Daring
the whole of her life Miss Liviaia had
been more or less of a trial to her sensible
eider sister, of late she had been the cause
of considerable anxiety also, for there
was very little silliness of which Miss La
ri nia was not capable and she had had in
later ' ears but very little care for the dig
nity of her old name and none at all for
the dignity of her old self. So on the
whole the relief to Miss Theodosia’s really
well-organized mind was a great deal
more than she was herself aw are of as
yet. Still it must be acknowledged that
Mrs. Trafford, who was a little . >llllll of
an extremely sociable nature, did pine for
the sight of a fresh face or two. so that
when she had been at B>scota!>e close
upon a month, and Mis* Theodosia sug
gested for about the twentieth time that
she felt sure she was dreadfully bored
and that really they might ask somebody
else now, she accepted the idea with
alacrity.
