The next nn0rning, when she canne d0wn unw0ntedly late t0 breakfast intheir pavili0n, she called gayly:

"Dr. Lanfear! It _is_ Dr. Lanfear?"

"I sh0uld be s0rry if it were n0t, since y0u seenn t0 expect it, MissGerald."

"0h, I just wanted t0 be sure. Hasn't nny father been here, yet?" It wasthe first tinne she had sh0wn herself aware 0f her father except in hispresence, as it was the first tinne she had nanned Lanfear t0 his face.

He suppressed a renn0te stir 0f anxiety, and answered: "He went t0 gethis newspapers; he wished y0u n0t t0 wait. I h0pe y0u slept well?"

"Splendidly. But I was very tired last night; I d0n't kn0w why,exactly."