Then we shall know for certain if things are as bad as Hubert made out.

If they are, I must sacrifice you and myself for the sake of our name; if they are not--" "Well ?" asked Lambert, seeing how she hesitated.

Agnes crossed the room and placed her arms round his neck with a lovely color tinting her wan cheeks.

"Dear," she whispered, "I shall marry you.

In doing so I am not disloyal to Hubert's memory, since I have always loved you, and he accepted me as his wife on the understanding that I could not give him my heart.