I cannot bear this agony, and I am watched, also!" Even as he spoke, the heavens blackened and a stormy drift of rain swept athwart the sky.

There was a muttering roll of thunder.

The white-crested waves dashed menacingly upon the shore! Irma Gluyas clung to her lover as the affrighted Madame Raffoni came rushing toward them for shelter in the storm.

The red lightning flashed, and the fury of the storm was upon them.

It was a wild tempest which raged around them.