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"Come and see us after five o'clock," said Sybil. "I will present you to
Mrs. Wyndham. Nine hundred and thirty-six, Beacon Street," she added,
laughing.
"With great pleasure--thanks," said Ronald.
"Good-by, Ronald dear," said Joe pleasantly.
"Good-by," he answered in a doubtful tone of voice, as he raised his hat;
and the two girls drove away.
Sybil was apparently in very good spirits.
"Do not be frightened, Joe dearest," she said. "We will manage it very
well. He is not hurt in the least."
"Really, I do not believe he is--so very much, you know," Joe answered.
But she was thoughtful, and did not speak again for some time.
It was on the morning after this that Joe read the article on John's
speech, and met him by the Common. Ronald did not call during the day, and
in the evening Joe went to her party as she had intended; but neither
Sybil nor John Harrington were there. Sybil did not go to parties, and
John probably had too much to do. But at supper Joe chanced to be standing
near Mrs.


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