And now last, but by no means least, I put Captain Carbury into my gallery of heroes, and as I did so I felt my heart beating with pleasure, and I looked full up into my hero's face and smiled at him with such a look of contentment, admiration, and satisfaction that he smiled back again. "What a nice child you are," he said. "I wonder what you are thinking about?" Some visitors had now come in and had joined Sir John and Lady Carrington in the drawing-room, and Captain Carbury and I were alone. "You ought to be very proud," I said, lowering my voice to meet his. "What about?" he asked. "Why, this," I answered; "I have done you a tremendous honour." "Have you, indeed? I can assure you I am pleased and--quite flattered. But do tell me what it is." "I have just put you, Captain Carbury, into my gallery of heroes." "You have put me into what?" said the young man. He sat down by my side and lowered his voice. "You have put me into what, Miss Grayson?" "I have a gallery," I said, "and it is full of heroes. It, of course, lives in my imagination. You have just gone in; those who go in never come out again. There are a great many people in my gallery." "Oh, but I say, this is interesting, and quite fascinating. Please tell me who else holds that place of vantage." I mentioned the Duke of Marlborough and Sir Walter Raleigh and a few of the heroes of old, but I said nothing about father, nor about the pale curate, although I did mention Jonas. "Who is Jonas?" asked Captain Carbury. "Jonas is no longer in this world. When he was here he was a very great hero." "But what was he? Army, navy, church, or what?" "Oh, nothing of the sort," I answered; "he was only our Buttons, and he had one shoulder much higher than the other. I put him in because he bore the pain of his livery so bravely. You see, he had to wear his livery, or Aunt Penelope would have dismissed him. He wore it because he wanted the money to help his mother. I call him a real hero--don't you?" "I do. And what have I done, may I ask, to be such a privileged person?" "You haven't done much yet," I answered, "but I think you can do a great deal. For instance, if there was a big war against England, I think you'd fight and probably get your V.C." "Bless you, child, you talk very nicely. Do you know, I have never met a little girl who talked like this before. I hope we shall see much more of each other, Miss Grayson." "I hope we shall," I answered. "I come here a good deal," continued Captain Carbury. "I am a sort of cousin of Lady Carrington's, and she always treats me as though I were her son. There are no people in the world like the Carringtons. By the way, you must be excited, coming up to town just in time for your----" "In time for what?" I asked. "Is it possible you don't know?" he said. And he looked full at me with his dark and serious eyes. Just then Lady Carrington came up.