I do not ask, I do not wish you to spare her; only I am glad to think you will deal with her yourself--remember she has herself removed all limit to your power--and not by the shameless and merciless hands to which the law would give her." We returned to Eveena's chamber.

The scene that followed I cannot bear to recall.

Enough that Eive knew as well as Eveena the law she had broken and the penalty she had incurred; and, petted darling as she had been, she utterly lacked all faith in the tenderness she had known so well, or even in the mercy to which Eveena had confidently appealed.

Understanding at last that she was safe from the law, the expression of her gratitude was as vehement as her terror had been intense.

But the new phase of passion was not the less repugnant.