"I saw something, I could not tell what--when you came out.

I supposed--" "Well, then," said he, with a supreme effort which demanded all his courage, as he turned toward her; "it all had to come out, somehow.
It is the end, now." She had brought with her a cup of water.

Now she handed it to him without comment.

His hand trembled as he took it.
"You saw that-- ?" He nodded toward the ruins.

All she did was to nod, in silence.