A promise to post, in the event of his death, a letter he put in her hand, completed all that he required of her.
'He thanked her.

"I think you seem sorry for me," he murmured.

"And I am surprised.

You are sorry ?" 'She evaded the question.

"Do you repent and believe ?" she asked.
'"No." 'Contrary to her expectations and his own he recovered, though very slowly; and her manner grew more distant thenceforward, though his influence upon her was deeper than she knew.