shed no tears and made no
sound, and he was stirred to a deeper chivalry than he had ever known
before.

"It does mean one thing, darling," he said softly. "It means that we love
each other, doesn't it?"

She did not answer him for a moment; then: "It may mean that,"
she whispered back. "I don't know--very much about--love. No one
ever--really--loved me before."

"I love you," he said. "I love you."

"Thank you," she murmured.

He held her still. "You'll never run away from me again? Promise!"

She shook her head promptly with a faint echo of the elfin laughter that
had so maddened him a little earlier. "No, I won't promise. But I'll show
you where I was hiding if you like. Shall I?"

"All right. Show me!" he said.

She freed herself from him with a little spring, and turned to the stone
buttress against which he had found her. He followed her closely, half
afraid of losing her again, but she did not attempt to elude him.

"See!" she said, with a funny little chuckle. "I found this ledge."

The ledge she indicated was on a level with the parapet and not more than
six inches wide. It ran square with the buttress, which on the outer side
dropped sheer to the terrace.

Bunny looked and turned sick. "You never went along there!" he said.

She laughed again. "Yes, I did. It's quite easy if you slide your feet.
I'll show you."

"You'll do nothing of the sort!" He grabbed her fiercely. "What in
heaven's name were you thinking of? How did you learn to do these
things?"

She did not answer him. "I wanted to tease you," she said lightly. "And I
did it too, didn't I? I pretended I was Andromeda when I got round the
corner, but no Perseus came to save me. Only an angry dragon ramped
about behind."

Bunny stared at her as if he thought her bewitched. "But you were over by
that north wall once. I'll swear you were over there."

"Oh, don't swear!" she said demurely. "It's so wrong. I wasn't there
really. I only sent my voice that way to frighten you."

"Good heavens!" gasped Bunny.

She laughed again with gay _insouciance_. "Haven't I given you a splendid
evening's entertainment? Well, it's all over now, and the curtain's down.
Let's go!"

She turned with her hand in his and led him back to the turret-door.

Reaching it, he sought to detain her. "You'll never do it again?
Promise--promise!"

"I won't promise anything," she said lightly.

"Ah, but you must!" he insisted. "Toby, you might have killed yoursel