and yet I don’t want you to go — yet. Sometime, of course, we must go where I may find wider scope for my activities.” He felt her quiver of anxiety. “Not until you are quite ready yourself, dear, always remember that.” Still she was silent, and he continued: “I can’t say that I’m quite ready myself. I would prefer one more year here, but Hoyle must be removed without delay. We may have waited too long as it is. Will your mother consent? She must, if she cares to see him live.”

“Oh, David! Go, go. Take him and go to-morrow. Leave me here and go — but — come back to me, David, soon — very soon. I — I shall need you, I — Can you leave Hoyle there and come back, David? Or must you bide there, too?” Suddenly she bowed her face in