"Here they are, father. Please, Miss Sherrard, come in; father will see you, and Miss Worrick too." Kitty flung open the door, and the head-mistress of Middleton School and her subordinate found it closed behind them. They had a short interview with Squire Malone--very short. It ended by Miss Sherrard and the squire shaking hands most heartily. "You did your best for her, and I am awfully obliged to you," said the squire. "But, after all, she is too wild for England; she had better stay in her own land." "I believe you are right," said Miss Sherrard.