From where they stood they obtained a very distinct although somewhat bird's-eye view of the winding avenue and quickly approaching carriage. Mrs. Freeman's tall and familiar figure was too well known to be worthy, in that supreme moment, of even a passing comment. Miss Patience looked as angular and as like herself as ever; but a girl, who sat facing the two ladies--a girl who wore a large shady hat, and whose light dress and gay ribbons fluttered in the summer breeze--upon this girl the eyes of the four watchers in the "Lookout" tower were fixed with devouring curiosity.