I must go to him! Pack up our clothing, Miss Huckins.

I must go to him at once." They were in their own room now, and Carmel was standing quite by herself in the full light of the setting sun.

With the utterance of this determination, she had turned upon her companion; and that astute and experienced woman had every opportunity for observing her face.

There was a woman's resolution in it.

With the sudden rending of the clouds which had obscured her intellect, strange powers had awakened in this young girl, giving her a force of expression which, in connection with her inextinguishable beauty, formed a spectacle before which this older woman, in spite of her long experience, hesitated in doubt.
"You shall go--" began the nurse, and stopped.
Carmel was not listening.