"It is worth a trial," he murmured.

"I might ask for much." "Ask for all and everything," said Dearest-Lady, who felt she had gained her point; "I make but one condition.

The child must remain unharmed until I return." Again Kumran hesitated.

Again he looked in his own heart.

Again he found no clear cause for decision there; so he said doubtfully: "Until you return ?" "Nay! swear it," came the high, insistent voice.