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 felt lifted out of the prosaic ruts onto a more exalted plane.

Margaret had supper waiting for them when they reached home and it was duly disposed of by the hungry party. Mr. and Mrs. De Vere retired soon after and thinking her absence would be unnoticed, Eletheer stole away to her private study and was so deeply absorbed in her work that she did not hear a light tap on her door.

"May I come in?" said Hernando.

"Certainly," she replied, opening wide the door.

They sat before the open window and she laid aside her book, turning cheerily toward him.

"Eletheer," he said, "I believe you graduate next year. Does that mean that your future work is mapped out?"

"I think so," she replied earnestly. "The ambition of my life has been and is to become a trained nurse."

"Following one's vocation should, and does, bring success. Dr. Herschel feels confident