And the men prevailed.
Marion was much excited all day; she had given orders that Frank's room should be made ready, but for whom she gave no information.

While Lali was dressing for the evening, something excited and nervous, she entered her room.

They were now the best of friends.

The years had seen many shifting scenes in their companionship; they had been as often at war as at peace; but they had respected each other, each after her own fashion; and now they had a real and mutual regard.

Lali's was a slim, lithe figure, wearing its fashionable robes with an air of possession; and the face above it, if not entirely beautiful, had a strange, warm fascination.