The choice was hers that comes to all men and women sooner or later--the choice between action and inaction, between endeavour and relinquishment, between affirmation and denial, between adventure and deliberation, between youth and age.

One thought only made her hesitate, and she almost whispered the words: "But the children ?" He laughed softly.

"Oh, the children are always there.

We're not quitters," and in a graver tone, he asked for the second time: "Will you come with me now--to-night, Gabriella ?" At the repeated question she stretched out her hands, while she watched the light break on his face.
"I'll come with you now--anywhere--toward the future," she answered.
THE END.