●   ●   ●    upborne chiefly by the anticipation of meeting the eloquent speaker to whom I had listened more than once, and that I went up the steps to her door with feet that lagged, though my thought did not. Her most kind reception largely banished the fatigue, and I see before me now the slender figure, the luminous eyes, the faintly rose-flushed countenance; the simple, dainty grace of her gown, and the beauty of the hand that clasped mine.