other being."

"Come! Come down to breakfast. You have been traveling all night
without food, I feel sure; and fasting and vigils never were means of
grace to a Rockharrt. Come!" said Mr. Fabian, with a laugh.

"I must get a room and go to it first. Look at me!" said Clarence.

"You do look like the ash man or blacksmith, certainly. Well, come
along; we'll go to the office and get a room, and then you can get some
of that dust off you. It won't take ten minutes. After that we will go
to breakfast."

The brothers left the parlor together.

The next moment Violet entered it, and bade good morning to Corona, who
in turn told her of the new arrival.

"Clarence! Oh, I am so glad! What an addition he will be to our party,
Cora, especially after you have left us, my dear, when we shall miss you
so sadly," said Violet.

Cora made no reply. She disliked to tell Violet that she, Violet, would
lose the society of Clarence at the same time that she would lose that
of herself, as her uncle was to leave Washington by the same train.

While they were still talking the two brothers re-entered the parlor.

When Fabian demanded whether they were ready to go down to breakfast,
and received a satisfactory answer, he drew the arm of his wife within
his own, and led the way down stairs. Clarence and Corona followed. When
they entered the breakfast saloon, the polite waiter came forward and
ushered them to a table at which Captain and Mrs. Neville were already
seated. Morning greetings were exchanged, and Mr. Clarence was
introduced and welcomed.

After breakfast all the party went to church.

Then Clarence and Corona spent the afternoon together at one end of the
long parlor, which was so long and had so many recesses that half a
dozen separate groups might have isolated themselves there, each without
fear of their conversation being overheard by the others.

All the members of our party sat up late that evening to eke out the
time they might spend together before parting. It was after midnight
when they retired.

The travelers met at an early breakfast the next morning. Their baggage
had been sent on and checked in advance. They had nothing to do but make
the most of the few remaining minutes.

When the meal was over they all hastily left the table and went to their
rooms to put on their traveling wraps.

Fabian and Violet were to accompany the travelers to the railway depot
to see them off, so that there was to be no lea