conferring?"

Grace smiled and said: "Are you quite satisfied, Jack?"

"Quite," he replied.

"And are you as happy as you deserve to be, Rose?"

"Oh, Grace," said Rose, and then the two young women both cried and
embraced each other until Jack gently separated them, and said: "Come,
we must find Jim. Jim is my friend. His judgment is perfect, and I must
submit this business to him."

"Mr. Sedgwick has gone back to the hotel," said Grace, and a serious
look was in her eyes as she spoke. But in a moment she smiled and said:
"When I told him where you were and who was with you, he laughed and
said: 'It is liable to be a case of working after hours. When the young
lady succeeds in extricating herself, tell Jack, please, that I have gone
out to take in London, and will see him at the hotel when he finds time
to call.'"

"And who is Mr. Sedgwick?" asked Rose.

"The best and noblest man in all this world," replied Jack.

"Oh, Jack!" said Rose.

"It is true, all the same, my sorceress," said Browning. "I have seen him
tested. He has been my close companion for lo! these many months."