"I don't see him," she answered.
He took out his handkerchief, and passed it over his face with a gasp of relief.

"There is my last chance!" he said.

"If she will be true to me--if she will be always near me, morning, noon, and night, I shall be released from the sight of him.

See! he is fading away already! Gone!" h e cried, with a scream of exultation.

He fell on his knees, and looked at Miss Laroche like a savage adoring his idol.