And then when the moment for falling in love is over--and with her it mayn't be a long one--she will be a lecturer, a member of Parliament perhaps--a Socialist agitator--a woman preacher,--who knows ?--there are all kinds of possibilities in Helena.

But she will have missed her chance of being a woman, and a happy one; and thirty years hence she will realize it, when it is too late, and think bitterly of us both.

Believe me, dear Philip, the moment for love won't last long in Helena's life.

I have seen it come and go so rapidly, in the case of some of the most charming women.

For after all, the world is now so much richer for women; and many women don't know their own minds in time, or get lost among the new landmarks.