e repaid him tenfold, and gratified his heart's
desire."

"Then I am thankful," answered Geoffrey very quietly. He lay still a
moment looking at her with a great longing in his eyes. Helen was very
beautiful, more beautiful even than usual, it seemed to him. He did
not guess that she had an offering to make, and for the sake of the man
at whose feet she would lay it, would not even so far as trifles went,
depreciate the gift, hence her careful attire.

Helen's eyes fell beneath his gaze. She discerned what he was
thinking, and, though the words "heart's desire" were accidental, there
was no mistaking the suggestion. She said slowly:

"I have been unjust, proud and willful--and I am going to do full
penance. You have surely the gift of prophecy. Do you remember your
last bold prediction?"

Geoffrey's lip twitched. He strove to raise himself that he might see
the speaker more clearly, and, still almost helpless in his bandages,
slipped back again. Helen slipped her hand into his.

"I have come to beg you not to go away."

"There is one thing that would prevent me." Geoffrey, bewildered,
seemed to lose his usual crispness of speech, but Helen checked him.

"Therefore," and Helen's voice was very low, while surging upwards from
her neck a swift wave of color flushed cheek and brow. "I have come of
my own will to say what you asked of me. You have loved and served me
faithfully, and it is not gratitude--only--which prompts me now."

There was a space in which Helen caught her breath. Then she lifted
her head, and said proudly:

"Geoffrey Thurston--I love you."

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