The Reason Why

Chapter 28

Zara had, at first, thought she would not go out with the shooters. She

felt numb, as if she could not pluck up enough courage to make

conversation with any one. She had received a letter from Mimo, by the

second post, with all details of what he had heard of Mirko. Little

Agatha, the Morleys' child, was to return home the following day; and

Mirko himself had written an excited little letter to announce this

event, which Mimo enclosed. He seemed perfectly well then, only at the

end, as she would see, he had said he was dreaming of _Maman_ every

night; and Mimo knew that this must mean he was a little feverish again,

so he had felt it wiser to telegraph. Mirko had written out the score of

the air which _Maman_ always came and taught him, and he was longing to

play it to his dear