"And I never wish to," he cried.

"He was my friend, I know.

But I cannot remember that friendship now.

I can only think that if he had been the true man we took him for, you would not have waited alone in that dark passage during those six hours." He turned again to the centre of the room and asked abruptly:-- "You are going back to Glenalla ?" "Yes." "You will live there alone ?" "Yes." For a little while there was silence between them.

Then Durrance walked round to the back of her chair.
"You once said that you would perhaps tell me why your engagement was broken off." "But you know," she said.