THE BREAK "Open your letter, Irma.

From the postmark, it is surely from Kalman.
And what good writing it is! I have just had one from Jack." Mrs.French was standing in the cosy kitchen of Simon Ketzel's house, where, ever since the tragic night when Kalman had been so nearly done to death, Irma, with Paulina and her child, had found a refuge and a home.

Simon had not forgotten his oath to his brother, Michael Kalmar.
Irma stood, letter in hand, her heart in a tumult of joy, not because it was the first letter she had ever received in her life, but because the letter was from Kalman.

She had one passion, love for her brother.

For him she held a strangely mingled affection of mother, sister, lover, all in one.