Sir Luke got the news by cable the day before I left Leichardt's Town.

He wired at once for leave and has started for England by this time.' 'Oh?
poor Rosamond! Poor, poor Rosamond!' 'Is she to be so greatly pitied! She has been saved much suffering!' Then as Bridget went on murmuring, 'Oh, poor Rosamond, she did love life,' he added gently.

'Life can be very cruel....

I myself have had cause for gratitude to Death, the great Simplifier.

If my wife had lived she must have been a hopeless invalid doomed to continual pain.' Lady Bridget gave him a swift look of reproach.
'Oh, do you expect me to congratulate you ?' she exclaimed bitterly.
'Yes,' she went on, 'perhaps, to HER Death was merciful--but not to Rosamond.