She--she is to marry another chap." Here he gulped painfully.

"But please don't breathe it to a soul.

She'd hate me forever.

Can I trust you ?" To himself, he was saying: "I am making a devil of a mess of this elopement." "This is a very large world, Mr.Ridge, and this voyage is a mere trifle in time.

When we leave the ship we may be parting forever, so her secret would be safe, even though I shrieked it all over the East.