"All the others." Mrs.Tanberry and Betty and Mr.Bareaud waited in the library, the two women huddled together on a sofa, with their arms round each other, and all the house was very still.

By and by, they heard a prolonged, far-away cheering and the steamer's whistle, and knew that the boat was off.

Half an hour later, Will Cummings came back alone, entered the room on tip-toe, and silently sank into a chair near Mr.Bareaud, with his face away from Miss Betty.

He was to remain in Rouen another week, and join his regiment with Tom.

None of the three appeared to notice his coming more than dimly, and he sat with his face bowed in his hands, and did not move.
Thus perhaps an hour passed, with only a sound of footsteps on the gravel of the driveway, now and then, and a low murmur of voices in the rear of the house where people came to ask after Crailey; and when the door of the room where he lay was opened, the four watchers started as at a loud explosion.