so many words,
"I will not see you!" For the moment, at least, he had triumphed; he
was confident that the future also would be his own.

"We will discuss that question on our next meeting," he cried
breathlessly. "I will wait as long as you like; undergo any test you
like to decree, but I will come! _Au revoir_, Cornelia!"

"Good-bye!" breathed Cornelia, low. She raised her eyes to his, but now
there was no light in the golden depths, but only a deep and
immeasurable sadness.

Guest wrung her hand, and turned aside. There was no time left to
reason further. The future alone could prove the depth and stability of
his love. He made his way to the gangway, his heart wrung with the
sense of loss, of wounded love and pride. By his side men and women
sobbed and cried, while others laughed and exchanged merry banter with
their friends on board. To some this meant a parting for life; to
others a pleasure excursion across the ocean ferry. Among them all, was
there one whose loss was as his own?

A wild impulse seized him to push his way back and remain on the boat
for the first stage of the journey, but the steady stream bore him
onward, and, as in a dream, he found himself standing on the stage, and
saw the gangway descend. He stood in the crowd and heard a woman sob by
his side. She was waving her handkerchief to a sad-faced man, who stood
on the spot which Cornelia had vacated but a minute before. Now she had
disappeared. Guest's eyes searched for her hungrily, but in vain. It
was only as the vessel slowly moved from the stage that she came into
sight; a small dark figure standing alone on the upper deck, with the
sunlight shining on ruddy locks, and on a white face turned outwards
towards the sea.

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