Now and then the colour rose to her cheeks, and more than once the tears came to her eyes, especially when Hutchins' voice broke, and when he said in tones of pride, "Before we could stop him, Master Paul was over the rail and in the water--" More than once Mary looked away to hide her emotion, glancing around the room at her forebears who had never seemed so attentive as then.

"You may well listen," thought Mary.

"He may have been the black sheep of the family, but you see what he did in the end...." Hutchins told them about the search which he and Archey had made up and down the banks, aided with a flashlight, climbing, calling, and sometimes all but falling in the stream themselves.

"But it was no use, Miss Mary," he concluded.

"Master Paul is past all finding, I'm afraid." For a long time Mary sat silent, her handkerchief to her eyes.
"Archey is still looking," said the judge, rising.