And now that I find it's all a mistake, and it was you, not her, I was looking for, why--" "Why," she interrupted bitterly, "you'll just take me, of course, to save your time and earn your salary.

I'm ready." "But I'M not, just yet," he said faintly.

"Help me up." She mechanically assisted him to his feet.
"Now stand where you are," he added, "and don't move beyond this tree till I return." He straightened himself with an effort, clenched his fists until the nails were nearly buried in his palms, and strode with a firm, steady step in the direction he had come.

In a few moments he returned and stood before her.
"I've sent away my deputy--the man who brought me here, the fool who thought you were Nellie.

He knows now he made a mistake.