Juanita saw that she had, for a flush rose on Daisy's poor pale cheeks, and her face was strangely grave. She did not answer the question either; only as the flash passed away she looked placidly up and said, "I am not in trouble now, Juanita." "Bless the Lord!" was the utterance of Juanita's heart. "The Lord knows how to deliver out of trouble, Miss Daisy." "Yes," said Daisy. "O!"--she exclaimed suddenly, with a new light breaking all over her face--but then she stopped. "What is it, my love?" "Nothing--only I am so glad now that my foot is hurt." Juanita's thanksgiving rose to her lips again, but this time she only whispered it; turning away, perhaps to hide the moisture which had sprung to her eyes. For she understood more of the case than Daisy's few words would have told most people. Meantime Capt. Drummond and his frisky horse had a ride which was likely to make both of them remember that thunderstorm. They reached Dr. Sandford's house; but then the Captain found that the doctor was not at home; where he was, the servant could not say. The only other thing to do seemed to be to go on to Melbourne and at least let Daisy have the counsel of her father and mother. To Melbourne the Captain drove as fast as his horse's state of mind would permit. The drawing room was blazing with lights as usual, and full of talkers. "Hollo!" cried Gary McFarlane, as the Captain entered,--"here he is. We had given you up for a fossil, Drummond--and no idea of your turning up again for another thousand years. Shouldn't have known where to look for you either, after this storm--among the aqueous or the igneous rocks. Glad to see you! Let me make you acquainted with Dr. Sandford." "I am glad to see you, sir," said the Captain involuntarily, as he shook hands with this latter. "You haven't left Daisy somewhere, changed into a stone lily?" pursued McFarlane. "Yes," said the Captain. "Dr. Sandford, I am going to ask you to get ready to ride with me. Mr. Randolph, I have left Daisy by the way. She has hurt her foot--I threw down a stone upon it--and the storm obliged her to defer getting home. I left her at a cottage near Crum Elbow. I am going to take Dr. Sandford to see what the foot wants." Mr. Randolph ordered the carriage, and then told his wife. "Does it storm yet?" she asked. "The thunder and lightning are ceasing, but it rains hard." The lady stepped out of the room to get ready, and in a few minutes she and her husband, Capt. Drummond and the doctor, were seated in the carriage and on their way to Mrs. Benoit's cottage. Capt. Drummond told how the accident happened; after that he was silent; and so were the rest of the party, till the carriage stopped.