A twig snapped beneath her foot; even so small a thing she would remember.
"We must hurry," she said.
"We are doing all that we can," replied Dick.

"It's a long way--this walk." "You feel it so ?" said Stella, tempting him--oh, unwisely! But the spell of the hour and the place was upon her.
"Yes," he answered her.

"It's a long way in a man's life," and he drew close to her side.
"No!" she cried with a sudden violence.

But she was awake too late.

"No, Dick, no," she repeated, but his arms were about her.
"Stella, I want you.