"Do not be too sanguine, Katy," answered Mr. Miller: "you may be
disappointed."
"Well," continued Kate, "if he pays no attention to your letter, I shall
be satisfied that he really is undeserving of Fanny's esteem. I'll not
tell her that you have written, for fear of the consequence."
So days came and went, week followed week, in rapid succession, until five
weeks were numbered with the past since Mr. Miller's letter had been
dispatched. Kate had waited and watched until even her sanguine nature had
ceased to hope; for there had come no tidings from the far off Crescent
City, and both she and her husband had unwillingly come to the conclusion
that Dr. Lacey was really false. Kate manifested her disappointment by an
increased tenderness of manner toward Fanny, whom she sincerely loved, and
by a more gracious deportment toward Julia, whom she began to fear she had
wronged by suspecting her of being accessory to Dr. Lacey's conduct.