the Ellisons from him. When he went to 
breakfast, he found some one had taken 
his seat near them, and they did not notice 
him as he passed by in search of another 
chair. Kitty and the colonel were at table 
alone, and they both wore pre-occupied faces. 
After breakfast he sought them out and 
asked for Mrs. Ellison, who had shared in 
most of the  of the day before, 
helping herself about with a pretty limp, 
and who certainly had not, as her husband 
phrased it, kept any of the meals waiting. 

"Why," said the colonel, "I*m afraid 
her ankle's worse this morning, and that 
we'll have to lie by at Quebec, for a few 
days, at any rate." 

Mr. Arbuton heard this sad news with a 
cheerful aspect unaccountable in one who 
was concerned at Mrs. Ellison's misfortune. 
He smiled when he ought to have looked 
pensive, and he laughed at the colonel's joke 
when the latter added, " Of course, this is a 
great hardship for my cousin, who  
Quebec, and wordnetdesire to get home to Eriecreek 
as soon as possible." 

Kitty promised to bear her trials with 
firmness, and Mr. Arbuton said, not very 



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