ad strong views upon last words and
partings. The mere thought of such things made him suddenly energetic
and active. He turned to Wanda with his watch in his hand.

"Your mind is made up?" he asked. "You go to-night?"

"Yes."

"Then I must go at once to see to your passport and make arrangements
for the journey. I take you as far as Alexandrowo. I cannot take you
across the frontier, you understand?"

He turned to Cartoner.

"And you? When do you go to Spain?"

"To-night," was the answer.

"Then good-bye." The Frenchman held out his hand, and in a moment was
at the door. Lady Orlay followed him out of the room and closed the door
behind her. She followed him down-stairs. In the hall they stood and
looked at each other in silence. There were tears in the woman's eyes.
But Deulin's smile was sadder.

"And this is the end," he said--"the end!"

"No," said Lady Orlay; "it is not. It cannot be. I have never known
a great happiness yet that was not built upon the wreckage of other
happinesses. That is why happy people are never gay. It is not the end,
Paul. Heaven is kind."

"Sometimes," answered Deulin, grudgingly. On the door-step he paused,
and, facing her suddenly, he made a gesture indicating himself,
commanding her attention to his long life and story. "Sometimes,
milady."

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