Very early it was, when Faith's hammer was at work again on the brown moreen, and short interruption did she give herself from anything that could be spared, till the box was done. It suited her well when it was done. The cover was stuffed, old-fashioned brown binding was lapped over the edges and seams, and fastened off with rows of brass-headed nails; which made it altogether an odd, handsome, antiquated-looking piece of furniture. With this, when her morning work was done and her exercise prepared, Faith went up to Mr. Linden's room; to see it brought in and placed properly. "I shall have to put a stop to this state of things!" he said,--"that blue ribband will work me mischief yet. Miss Faith, how can you take advantage of my disabled condition?" "Are you better this morning, Mr. Linden?" "The time has not quite come yet for me to be much better. But Miss Faith, if I had known that you _would_ wake yourself up early this morning, what do you think I should have done?" "I can't think, Mr. Linden," she said looking merry. "I should have invited you and Mrs Derrick up here to breakfast!--which I only did not do, because I could not take the extra trouble upon myself, and because I knew you ought to sleep, till this time." Faith shook her head a little, perhaps sorry to have missed the breakfast; then went off and brushed away the dust and chips left round the wood-box. Then came and sat down. "I saw almost everything, last night, Mr. Linden!" "Well before you go off to last night--will you come to-morrow morning? Now what did you see?" The bright smile and flush and sparkle answered the invitation; and perhaps Faith thought no other answer was needed; for she gave no other. "I know now," she said after an instant, "what you were doing all yesterday afternoon, Mr. Linden!" "I know what you were, Miss Faith." She smiled innocently and went on, "All that just fitted me, as you meant it should, to take the good of the evening--and I had a great deal," she said gravely. "I saw almost everything you spoke of--and other things. I saw the chalk shells, Mr. Linden!--and the circulation in a frog's foot; and different prepared pieces of skin; and the moth's plumage! and the silver scale-armour of the _Lepisma_, as Dr. Harrison called it; and more." "And with very great delight--as I knew you would. I am very glad!" "Yes," said Faith--"I know a little better now how to understand some things you said the other day. I am very glad I went--only for one thing.--" "What was that?" "Dr. Harrison asked such a strange thing of me as we were walking home--at least it seems to me strange." "May my judgment be brought to bear upon it?" Mr. Linden said after a moment's silence.