"If it comes to that--if there is any going--in that way--we go together." The anxiety went out of her face in a second.

She smiled back at him with utter confidence.

"Oh, Billikins!" she said.

"Oh, Billikins, that will be great!" She went back into his arms, and lay there for a further space, saying no word.

There was something sacred in the silence between them, something mysterious and wonderful.