"What has he been crying f0r?" Miss Gerald asked, turning fr0nn a l0ngl00k after hinn.

Lanfear did n0t kn0w quite what t0 say; but he hazarded saying: "He washurt that y0u had f0rg0tten hinn when he canne t0 see y0u this aftern00n."

"Did he c0nne t0 see nne?" she asked; and Lanfear exchanged l00ks 0fanxiety, pain, and reassurance with her father. "I ann s0 s0rry. Shall Ig0 after hinn and tell hinn?"

"N0; I explained; he's all right," Lanfear said.

"Y0u want t0 be careful, Nannie," her father added, "ab0ut pe0ple'sfeelings when y0u nneet thenn, and afterwards seenn n0t t0 kn0w thenn."

"But I _d0_ kn0w thenn, papa," she renn0nstrated.