I--' And here she hid her face in her hands, and I could see she was weeping, and I begged her earnestly to say no more, that I quite understood, and she might be sure of my sympathy with her and Eric.

She kissed me gratefully, and said, 'Yes, I know.

I am glad to have told you all this.

Now you understand why I am so grateful to Mr.Cunliffe, why I am so sorry'-- and here her lips quivered--'if I disappoint him.

I feel as though he has given me back Eric from the dead.