I'll be ready.

Hurry, Dick, for we've very little time." He hesitated, then: "All the time we're on the trail you must be far from me, and at the end of it will be Pierre le Rouge--and happiness for you.

Before we start, Mary, I'd like to--" It seemed that she read his mind, for she slipped suddenly inside his arms, kissed him, and was gone from the room.

He stood a moment with a hand raised to his face.
"After all," he muttered, "that's enough to die for, and--" He threw up his long arms in a gesture of resignation.
"The will of God be done!" said Wilbur, and laughed again..