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Morgana looked hiht,"--she said--"He is--or was--one of the er scientists You know his name--I have sent you froer Seaton, whose experiments in the condensation of radioactivity startled Aer Seaton!" he exclaimed--"What! The e the face of the world?He,--this wreck?--this blind, deaf lu clay? Surely he has not fallen on so horrible a destiny!"

Tears rushed to Morgana's eyes,--she could not answer She could only bend her head in assent

Profoundly moved, Ardini took her hand, and kissed it with synora," he said--"This is indeed a tragedy! You have saved this life at I know not what risk to yourself--and as I areat attainment it pro it back to normal conditions But frankly I do not think it will be possible There is the wo--"

"If he ever loved her--yes"--and Morgana smiled rather sadly--"But if he did not--if the love is all on her side--"

Ardini shrugged his shoulders

"A great love is always on the woman's side,"--he said--"Men are too selfish to love perfectly In this case, of course, there is no emotion, no sentiment of any sort left in the mere hulk of man But still I will continue my work and do my best"

He left her then,--and she stood for a while alone, gazing far out to the blue sea and sunlight, scarcely seeing them for the half-unconscious tears that blinded her eyes Suddenly a Ray, not of the sun, shot athwart the loggia and touched her with a deep gold radiance She saw it and looked up, listening

"Morgana!"

The Voice quivered along the Ray like the touched string of an aeolian harp She answered it in alrieve for sorrows not your own," said the Voice--"And we love you for it But you must not waste your tears on the errors of others Each individual Spirit makes its own destiny, and no other but Itself can help Itself You are one of the Chosen and Beloved!--You must fulfil the happiness you have created for your own soul! Coh her