ed no words. About them was all the world
and all the beauty of it.

Finally, she laughed with the old, happy laugh.

"Once," she said very slowly, "you quoted poetry to me--a verse about
the young queen's crowning. Do you remember?"

He nodded.

"But that doesn't apply now," he assured her. "You are going to crown
me with an undeserved and unspeakable crown."

"Quote it to me now," she commanded, with reinstated autocracy.

For a moment, the man looked into her face as the sun struck down on
its delicate color, under the softness of hat and filmy automobile
veil; then, clasping her very close, he whispered the lines:

"Beautiful, bold and browned,
Bright-eyed out of the battle,
The young queen rode to be crowned."

"Do you remember some other lines in the same verse?" she questioned,
in a voice that made his throbbing pulses bound faster; but, before he
could answer, she went on:

"'Then the young queen answered swift,
"We hold it crown of our crowning, to take our crown for
a gift."'"

They turned together, and started up the slope.

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Transcriber's note:

Minor punctuation and typographic errors have been corrected.

Hyphenation and accent usage have been made consistent.

Page 180 had the word 'excusive'. This may be a typographic error for
either exclusive or excursive. In the context, exclusive seemed more
appropriate, and has been used--"Unless there were a traitor in very
exclusive and carefully guarded councils, ..."

A table of contents has been added for the convenience of the reader.

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