I am not sure," she went on, with astonishing candour, "whether I can.

But I wish you happiness with all my heart.

Are you happy now ?" He turned his great dark eyes on her.

"I am as happy, I dare say, as I have any need to be." "But you are happier since your letter came ?" "No," he said.

The simple word fell on her heart, and she forbore.
They went on again in silence until they arrived at a place from which they saw the gleam of the river and the line of the hills beyond.