Some day there might be some one else." She watched the flight of a seagull for a few moments--watched it till its wings shone like burnished silver as it lit upon the sun-gilded sea.
"I do not think so," she said, dreamily.

"I have never fancied myself caring very much for any one.

It is not easy, you know, for some of us." "And for some," I murmured, "it is too easy." She looked at me curiously, but she had no suspicion as to the meaning of my words.
"I want you to tell me something," she said, in a few minutes.

"Have you any other reason beyond this for objecting to my marriage with Colonel Ray ?" "If I have," I answered slowly, "I cannot tell it you.

It is his secret, not mine." "You are mysterious!" she remarked.
"If I am," I objected, "you must remember that you are asking me strange questions." "Colonel Ray is too honest," she said, thoughtfully, "to keep anything from me which I ought to know." I changed the conversation.