"Maggie is in the green-room. Go to her," said Priscilla.
He raised his brows; his eyes seemed to lighten and then grow dark.
They asked Priscilla a thousand questions; his lips refused to ask
one.
Replying to the look in his eyes, Priscilla said again: "It is cruel
of you to leave her alone. Go to her; she is waiting for you-- and oh,
I know that her heart has been waiting for you for a long, long time."
"If I thought that," said Hammond's eyes.
He turned without a word and went down the long corridor which led to
the little theater.
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Late that evening, after all the bustle and excitement were over and
most of the guests had left, Miss Heath was standing in her own
sitting-room talking to Prissie.
"And you have quite made up your mind, Prissie?"
"Yes," answered Priscilla. "I heard from Aunt Raby to-day; she told me
all about Mr. Hammond's visit, for Mr. Hayes went to see her and told
her everything."
"Well, Prissie," said Miss Heath, "what have you decided? It is a
great chance for you, and there is nothing wrong in it; indeed, for
aught we can tell, this may be the direct guiding of Providence."
"But I don't think it is," said Priscilla in a slow voice. "I have
thought it all over very carefully, and I don't think the chance
offered by dear Maggie would be a good one for me.
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