The settle was between them, and she rested her hands on the back of it.

He stooped, and, in the darkness, covered them with kisses, while his breast heaved with the swell of the storm which her entrance had cut short.

"For all but that I was prepared," she continued; "I was ready.

I have seen for weeks the hopelessness of it, the certain end, the fate before us.

I have counted the cost, and I have learned to look beyond for--for all we desire.