"Did she see us, too?" "I don't know; but she knew where you were going." "Why, how did you find that out?" "Heard her tell Mr. Lee, to be sure." I was so angry that I felt myself growing pale. Lottie saw it and tittered. "You would like to choke her, now, wouldn't you, Miss Hyde? What a pity! it's agin religion and the law. I should just enjoy fixing her myself." "For shame!" I said, but I am afraid it was only because I thought it a duty to check such expressions, not from any lack of sympathy with them. Lottie tossed her head; but she was in too great haste to communicate her intelligence for much indignation. "After you'd gone I watched her; she went about very uneasy for a while, then she put on her shawl and streaked off to the grove. I wanted some wild grass, so I went along, but Babylon didn't see me. She waited in the grove till Mr. Lawrence rode by, when she hailed him. "'Where are you going?' said she. "He stammered a little, and said something about it being his custom to ride every morning, and at that she laughed right out in her tantalizing way. Oh, she's awful tantalizing is Babylon. "'You'd better tell the truth,' says she; 'you didn't believe what I told you last night, and you've been to see with your own eyes. Did you meet them?' "'Miss Jessie and her friend have just entered Mrs. Bosworth's gate,' he answered, cross as two sticks. "'Of course,' says Babylon; 'I tell you he is her lover. It was to be expected she'd visit him during the sickness brought on by jealousy. You see a grand flirtation has its inconveniences.' "He shook uneasily in his saddle, but she hadn't any pity, and went on at an awful rate about all of you. Then she tried the old dodge--she was his friend--he might trust her. She went up to him and reached her hand, but he didn't seem to see it. "'I must go,' said he. "She tried to stop him, but he wouldn't hear a word. "'When will you come again?' she asked. "'God knows!' was all he said, and rode off like a whirlwind. "Babylon watched him as long as he was in sight, then she gave way to the awfullest mad fit I ever see. I really thought she'd break a blood-vessel. She danced and wrung her hands, and clenched 'em both into fists, which she shook after him, and she bit her lips to keep from screaming; and then all of a sudden she started for the house on a fierce run. I went after her, and as I got into the garden I saw Mr. Lee ride up. She followed him into the house. "I went round the corner and stood on the veranda, picking roses and humming 'Katy Darling;' only I chose all the low parts, and heard quite comfortable." "That was wrong," I said, "very wrong." "Oh! I didn't listen to him," she replied; "but I had to keep watch of Babylon." I may as well confess my weakness. I longed to ask Lottie all she heard. However, I did not have to wait long for the communication.