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Doered to his feet, walked to a , threw it open and leaned out for a moment Then he closed it and came back This new element in the situation had been a shock to hi hie little smile "What do you say? Would you like to hold as a wife's the hand which frightened you so last night?"

She held it out to hiers even returned the pressure of his She looked at him pleasantly, and once e country and has lost his bearings

"I want you soyet, Rosa in a hurry"

"How surprised you are to find that I a to be nice to you!" she murmured "But why not? You cannot knohy I have so suddenly changed ed it I have seen the truth these few minutes There is a reason, Everard, why I should not kill you"

"What is it?" he demanded

She shook her head with all the joy of a child who keeps a secret

"You are clever," she said "I will leave you to find it out I ao away for a little time Please send Mrs Unthank to me"

The prospect of release was a strange relief, ered over her hand

"If you walk in your sleep to-night, then," he begged, "you will leave your dagger behind?"

"I have told you," she answered, as though surprised, "that I have abandoned h I --it will not be your death I seek"