It was already the dinner-hour when he arrived home, and he went into his wifes boudoir to tell her to begin without waiting for him. To his astonishment he found her not yet dressed, and as he entered, she hastily picked up her handkerchief, which was on the floor, and applied it to her eyes."Which is probably where he is now," remarked Gregg, with a slight bantering note in his voice.Keeling waited quite still for a moment, and then came back into himself from the bright places into which he had aspired.