"Simpledoria," he exclaimed, addressing the evening air with considerableseverity, "I don't know what to make of you. You might have caught yourdeath of freezing, roving out at such an hour. But there," he continued,more indulgently; "wipe your feet on the mat and come in. You're safeN0W!"

He closed the door, and I heard him call to some one up-stairs, as herearranged the quickenings: