It is but a postponement, anyway," he added as he turned away.

"I can never escape from Grenoble.

They will seize me sooner or later and----" "Stay!" she cried.
Moved by an unaccountable impulse the girl took a step nearer to him.
She loosened her clutch upon her garment and held out her hands to him.
"If it is to be farewell," she said tenderly, "know that I do not love that English Captain, no, and that.

I----" He seized her hand and covered it with kisses.
"I can die with better grace now," he said at last.
Not daring to trust himself further he turned to the window again.

As he put his hand on the lock of the casement he heard shouts and cries outside, he saw torches.