He smiled at me. Surely there never was anyone with such a bewitching smile. You felt that you would cut your heart out to help him when he gave you that smile, that you would lie down at his feet to be trampled on when he looked at you with that expression in his bright blue eyes. I went upstairs very slowly. Lady Carrington's maid happened to be in, and I said to her, in a forlorn voice: "I want one of my pretty new frocks. May I have it?" The woman gave me a lightning glance of approval, and presently I was dressed in softest, palest, shimmering grey, which fell in long folds around my young person. I held it up daintily, and ran downstairs. "There's my rose in June!" said father, and he came and took me in his arms. He chatted in his old fashion after that, but he went away before Lady Carrington returned from church. She came back, accompanied by Captain Carbury. I was in the drawing-room then, and there was plenty of colour in my cheeks, for father's visit had excited me a great deal. Captain Carbury gave me a wistful glance and drew a chair near mine. "Do you know what I was thinking of?" he said, suddenly. "What?" I asked. "That it would be very nice after the wedding to-morrow----" I shivered, and clutched my chair to keep myself from falling. I felt his dark eyes fixed on my face. "After the ceremony to-morrow," he continued, "if you and Lady Carrington and I went to Hampton Court to spend the day. We will go down in my motor-car, come back afterwards and dine in town, and then go to the theatre. What do you think? I know Lady Carrington is quite agreeable." "Do you want me to go, Captain Carbury?" "Yes, I want you very much." "Well, I will do it, if it pleases you," I said. He looked steadily at me, then he bent forward--he dropped his voice. "I, too, have a gallery," he said, "in which I place, not my famous heroes, but my famous heroines, and just at this moment, when you gave up your real will to mine and--forgot yourself--I put you in." "Oh, thank you," I said, and my eyes brimmed with tears. Captain Carbury went away early, and after he had gone Lady Carrington sat down by my side and began to talk to me. "You and he are famous friends," she said, "and I am so glad. Perhaps I ought to tell you, however, that Vernon is engaged to a most charming girl. I know he will want you to meet her--they are to be married next summer." "Oh, I hope she is good enough for him." "I hope so also. Her name is Lady Dorothy Vinguard. She is beautiful and--and rich--and her people live in a lovely place in Surrey." Suddenly a memory flashed through my mind. I asked a question: "Why did father say he would not meet Captain Carbury to-night at supper?" I said. Lady Carrington coloured. She got up and poked the fire quite vigorously. "Why are you getting so red?" I said. "Why would not father meet him?" "You see, he is an army man," answered Lady Carrington.