"Miss Muir" was the reply, as Coventry threw away the paper.

"And you add to the insult by ordering her out of the home," cried Nedwith increasing wrath.

"0n the contrary, I beg her to remain."

"The deuce you do! And why?"

"Because she is useful and cheerful here, and I am unwilling that yourfolly should rob her of a home which she likes."