"If I could find the time." "Try," said she.

She could say no more for Mr.Hazlewood was at her elbow and Dick was waiting to take her home.
It was a dark clear night; a sky of stars overarched the earth, but there was no moon, and though lights shone brightly even at a great distance there was no glimmer from the road beneath their feet.

Dick held her close in his arms at the door of her cottage.

She was very still and passive.
"You are tired ?" he asked.
"I think so." "Well, to-night has seen the last of our troubles, Stella." She did not answer him at once.

Her hands clung about his shoulders and with her face smothered in his coat she whispered: "Dick, I couldn't go on without you now.