And you shall know it by this sign--_She shall see me as you see me._" I tried to compose him.

He shook his head in immovable despair.

"No," he answered; "if she sees him when I see him, there ends the one hope of release that holds me to life.

It will be good-by between us, and good-by forever!" We had walked on, while we were speaking, to a part of the park through which there flowed a rivulet of clear water.

On the further bank, the open ground led down into a wooded valley.