There is no need for it to be known to others; and, believe me, Madaline, it will never be and need never be known--we may keep it out of sight.

It is not likely that I shall ever repent, for it will never be of any more importance to me than it is now." He paused abruptly, for her blue eyes were looking wistfully at him.
"What is it, Madaline ?" he asked, gently.
"I wish you would let me tell you all about it--how my mother, so gentle and good, came to marry my father, and how he fell--how he was tempted and fell.

May I tell you, Lord Arleigh ?" "No," he replied, after a short pause, "I would rather not hear it.

The duchess has told me all I care to know.

It will be better, believe me, for the whole story to die away.