But--but--" "You know no more about it than I do," said Edith; "if you did, you might set my heart at rest with a word.

But you cannot.

And so I am left to my wild fears, that grow stronger every day.

Oh, father, help me, if you can.

I must have certainty, or I shall lose my reason." "If you don't give up this wild fancy, you surely will," answered Mr.
Dinneford, in a distressed voice.
"If I were to shut myself up and do nothing," said Edith, with greater calmness, "I would be in a madhouse before a week went by.