He had accompanied his aunt and sister to New York, where they were to remain for a few days, and then impelled by a strong desire to see Margaret once more he had come with the vain hope that at the last hour she would consent to fly with him, or her grandmother consent to give her up.

" "Poor boy!" observed my grandmother dryly, "What a misfortune to be so passionate!

There was also a message from Henry, and this George Douglas delivered in secret, for he did not care to displease his grandmother-elect, who viewing him through a golden setting, thought he was not to be equaled by anyone in America.

You're not doing your great-grandmother justice.

" "You're jealous because he's a genius," Connie said; "and you want to fill him up with grandmother stuff.