Two hours later a train came along, and the party were soon on their way to Rome in Georgia; after their arrival there they went to Macon, at which place they alighted and hired a conveyance to take them to Antioch, near which place Lucy's relatives resided.
The latter part of the journey by rail had been a silent one.

Lucy felt none of the pleasure that she had expected at finding herself safely through her dangers and upon the point of joining relations who would be delighted to see her, and she sat looking blankly out of the window at the surrounding country.

At last Vincent, who had been half an hour without speaking said: "Are you sorry our journey is just over, Lucy ?" The girl's lip quivered, but she did not speak for a moment.

"Of course it is unpleasant saying good-by when people have been together for some time," she said with an effort.
"I hope it will not be good-by for long," he said.

"I shall be back here as soon as this horrible war is over." "What for ?" the girl asked, looking round in surprise.