I'm sorry now she broke her engagement to you." "I--thank you, Mrs.Wrapp," said Lane, with agitation.

"But of course Helen was right.

She was too young....

And even if she had been--been true to me--I would have freed her upon my return." "Indeed.

And why, Daren ?" "Because I'll never be well again," he replied sadly.
"Boy, don't say that!" she appealed, with a hand going to his shoulder.
In the poignancy of the moment Lane lost his reserve and told her the truth of his condition, even going so far as to place her hand so she felt the great bayonet hole in his back.