Don't you notice how quiet it is outside ?" They stood hand in hand for a moment.

A strange silence seemed to have fallen upon the streets.

Laverick was suddenly conscious of something which he had never felt when Mademoiselle Idiale had smiled upon him--a quickening of the pulses, a sense of gathering excitement which almost took his breath away.

His eyes were fixed upon hers, and he seemed to see the reflection of that same wave of feeling in her own expressive face.

Her lips trembled, her eyes were deeper and softer than ever.