d in Enid's service, and made a faithful
nurse, devoted to her mistress and her mistress's children, and above
all devoted to her master, who had spoken to her gently of her past, and
given her new hope for the future.

And, when the little Evandales began to overflow the Rectory nurseries,
Enid managed to conquer her distaste for the stately old Hall that had
stood empty for so many years, and came thither with her family to fill
the vacant rooms with merry faces, and to chase away all ghosts of a
tragic past by the sound of eager voices, of laughter, and of pattering
feet. And then a deeper love for the old home, now grown so beautiful
and dear, stirred within her; and in time she even marvelled at herself
that she had stayed away so long from Beechfield Hall.

Sabina Meldreth developed in a curious direction. The Rector "got hold
of her," as he expressed it, and managed to lay his finger on the soft
spot in her heart. It proved to be a remorseful love for delicate
children; and this trait of character became her salvation. She never
talked of the past or said that she repented; but she gave herself
little by little, with strange steadfastness and thoroughness, to the
service of sick children in hospitals. She went through a nurse's
training, and got an engagement as nurse in the Great Ormond Street
Hospital for Children. Here she seemed happy; and the children loved
her--which some people thought odd, because she preserved a good deal of
her roughness of manner and abruptness of speech in ordinary life. But
she was made of finer fibre than one would have imagined, and children
never found her harsh or unkind or unsympathetic. The memory of little
Dick remained with her perhaps, but she never spoke of him.

During the months of Hubert's imprisonment Cynthia did not correspond
with him. He had asked her not to do so. Her letters would of course
have been overlooked. All that she could do until the trial was over was
to send him flowers, which he was permitted to receive; and very dear
those boxes of rare blossoms soon became to him. He spent a great part
of his time in the infirmary; for his strength had been very much tried
during the time of his convalescence, and it often seemed as if his
anticipations were to be realised, and as if his term of punishment
would not last very long. Cynthia had made him promise that she should
be summoned to his side if he were absolutely in danger. For many a week
she used to be ha