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"Dr Anstice, I'm sorry," she said in a low tone; and the pity in her voice nearly broke his heart

"Miss Wayne--I----"

What he would have said she never knew; for Bruce Cheniston broke in angrily, annoyed by a scene to which he held no key

"Look here, Iris, we mustn't waste time Cherry's badly hurt, and since Dr Anstice can't co, we'll be off and find another doctor--one who can be relied upon"

The ry sea which billowed round hiht he heard Iris striving to silence Cheniston's cruel words, he could have sworn he saw her eyes, big with tears, shining through the mist which kept him from her; and with a mental effort which turned him cold he spoke once more to her before she left hietherI did not give in at oncebut this seeht"

And then theby her side, Iris laid her soft hand on Anstice's arentle word

"Dr Anstice, I believe you--and good-bye! But--oh, do, do remember--for my sake let me ask you to remember that this is not the true way out!"

And then, as Cheniston took her arh the tears which threatened to blind her, and went out from his presence without one reproachful word

When she had gone he stood gazing after her for a long moment, and the look in his face would have broken the heart of a wo that now nothing ain on the couch and let the flood overwhelm him as it would