Standing with one hand on the back of the chair, she waited for the word from Horace which would permit her to speak.

She was resigned to the ordeal.

Her face was calm; her mind was clear.

The hardest of all humiliations to endure--the humiliation of acknowledging her name--she had passed through.

Nothing remained but to show her gratitude to Julian by acceding to his wishes, and to ask pardon of Horace before they parted forever.