He has kept the secret faithfully, even when she refused him." She was silent for a moment, and then said,-- "So be it.

I consent." "And you'll write to her ?" said the colonel eagerly.
"No.

But YOU may, and if you want them I will furnish you with such proofs as you may require." "Thank you." He held out his hand with such a happy yet childish gratitude upon his worn face that her own trembled slightly as she took it.

"Good-by!" "I shall see you soon," she said.
"I shall be here," he said grimly.
"I think not," she returned, with the first relaxation of her smileless face, and moved away.
As she passed out she asked to see the house surgeon.

How soon did he think the patient she had been conversing with could be removed from the hospital with safety?
Did Mrs.Argalls mean "far ?" Mrs.Argalls meant as far as THAT--tendering her card and eminently respectable address.