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AMadah all his confusion of ht startle or disturb her Convinced that no power could now turn hith to let events shape themselves as they would But as he followed Madaer of being for a e

"Is your carriage here?" he asked; and at thatently: "We are driving dear Ellen hoave a jerk, and Mada her cloak and fan with one hand, held out the other to him "Good-bye," she said

"Good-bye--but I shall see you soon in Paris," he answered aloud--it seemed to him that he had shouted it

"Oh," she murmured, "if you and May could coive her his arm, and Archer turned to Mrs van der Luyden For a ht the dione

As he went up the steps he crossed Lawrence Lefferts coht his host by the sleeve, drawing back to let Gertrude pass

"I say, old chap: do youwith you at the club toht"

"It DID go off beautifully, didn't it?" May questioned from the threshold of the library

Archer roused hie had driven away, he had come up to the library and shut hiered beloould go straight to her roo the factitious energy of one who has passed beyond fatigue

"May I come and talk it over?" she asked

"Of course, if you like But you must be awfully sleepy--"

"No, I'm not sleepy I should like to sit with you a little"

"Very well," he said, pushing her chair near the fire

She sat down and he resuth Archer began abruptly: "Since you're not tired, and want to talk, there's soht--"

She looked at hi about yourself?"