“Is it wise to sleep so in the Water?” I asked uneasily.

“Oh! Am I ever wise?” she said wearily. “And the blood beats in my veins these heated nights so that I am like to suffocate. I made a bed for me by Mrs. Rannock, but she sobbed in her sleep all night and I could not close my eyes, So I thought of the Spring Waiontha, and the next instant was on my way there, feeling the path with naked feet through the starlight, and dropped my clothing from me in the darkness and sank into the cool, sweet pool. Oh, it was heaven, Euan! I would you might come also.”

“I can walk as far as the pool with you, at all events,” said I.

“Wonderful! And will you?”

“Do I ever await asking to follow you anywhere?”