If it had been any other than she, who sobbed so hopelessly--she who was always steady and strong! If he could, he would have stopped to pray, now, before he faced her and the truth; but his flying feet carried him on.
"Who is it ?" she gasped, brokenly, from the hall.

"Mamie?
Have you brought him ?" "It's I," he cried, as he plunged through the doorway.

"It's Vanrevel." Mrs.Tanberry set the iron candlestick down upon the table with a crash.
"You've come too late!" she sobbed.

"Another man has taken your death on himself." He reeled back against the wall.

"Oh, God!" he said.