Her dejection was so evident that David noticed it at last, and when Mr.Carlyon had put on his old mackintosh and gone out for a blow on the parade, he gently rallied her on her depression.
"What is it, dearest ?" he asked rather anxiously.

"You are not your bright self this morning.

You are so good and unselfish, darling, that you never let me see when you are unhappy, but to-day you cannot hide it from me." Then he took her hands and held them so that he could see her face.
"I do not know what has come over me," returned Elizabeth in a mournful voice, "but all night long and this morning my heart has felt as heavy as lead." Great tears welled in her eyes, and she suddenly laid her head down on his shoulder.

"Oh, David--David, if I could only go too; life will be so long and difficult without you." He stroked her hair for a few minutes without speaking.

She was thinking of the parting that must surely come, and he must find some word to comfort her.