"How good of
you. And if we could start at once--that would be nice, would it not? I
suppose they would not let me go without Priscilla, though," she added;
"would that matter?"
"Not at all," said the Professor.
They neither of them mentioned John Derringham's engagement. They talked
long about the possibilities of their foreign journey, and Cheiron felt
himself repaid when he began to observe a look of returning life creep
into her white face.
"I will call and see your stepfather in the city directly after lunch,"
he said. "If you will write to your Aunts La Sarthe, I do not think
there can be any objection."
"We could take Aphrodite, could we not?" Halcyone asked. "She is very
heavy, I know, but I would carry her, and I do not think I would like to
leave her there in the dark away from me for all that time."
"We would certainly take her," said Cheiron.
Halcyone knew enough about London now to know where Kensington Gardens
were. Whenever she went to see Mr. Carlyon, it was an understood thing
he would bring her safely back, so no one would be sent to fetch her.
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