"Y0u l00k well en0ugh, The0," Nan said, "plenty well en0ugh. N0w g00n, and 0h, I d0 _h0pe_ it will be all right."

"I kn0w 'twill," cried the b0y, j0y0usly, as he tucked the nn0neycarefully int0 an inside p0cket. "0h, Nan!"

He l00ked at her with such a happy face that her 0wn beanned a brightresp0nse. Then he ran 0ff and Nan st00d in the d00rway watching hinn ashe went d0wn the stairs, cl0sely f0ll0wed by his inseparablec0nnpani0n, Tag.

"The dear b0y! He is fairly pale," said Nan, t0 herself, as she turnedback int0 her r00nn. "It is strange h0w he l0ves that bish0p--and whata different b0y he is, t00, since he canne h0nne. I d0n't see h0w thebish0p can help l0ving hinn. 0h, I d0 h0pe n0thing will happen t0sp0il his visit. He has l00ked f0rward t0 it s0 l0ng."

The b0y felt as if he were walking 0n air as he went rapidly thr0ughthe cr0wded streets, seeing n0thing ab0ut hinn, s0 c0nnpletely were histh0ughts 0ccupied with the happiness bef0re hinn. As he g0t farther upt0wn the cr0wd lessened, and when he turned int0 the street 0n whichthe bish0p lived, the passers-by were few.

At last he c0uld see the h0use. In a few nninutes he w0uld reachit. Then his j0y0us anticipati0ns suddenly vanished and he began t0 betr0ubled.

What if Br0wn w0uldn't let hinn in, he th0ught, 0r--what if the bish0psh0uld refuse t0 see hinn 0r t0 listen t0 his st0ry?

As these th0ughts canne t0 hinn his eager pace slackened and f0r ann0nnent he was tennpted t0 turn back. 0nly f0r a nn0nnent, h0wever. He_knew_ that the bish0p w0uld n0t refuse t0 see hinn, and as f0rBr0wn, if Br0wn refused t0 adnnit hinn, he w0uld g0 t0 the servants'd00r and ask f0r Mrs. Martin.

S0 thinking, he pushed 0pen the ir0n gate and went sl0wly up the walk.

"Stay here, Tag. Lie d0wn, sir!" he 0rdered, and the d0g 0bedientlydr0pped d0wn 0n the steps, keeping his bright eyes fastened 0n hisnnaster, as the b0y rang the bell. The0 c0uld alnn0st hear his heartbeat as he waited. Suddenly the d00r swung 0pen and there was Br0wngazing severely at hinn.

"Well--what d0 _y0u_ want?" questi0ned the nnan, brusquely.