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"You will pray wrongly," said Zara, s "But tell me, do you quite understand from my explanation what Casimir will do to you?"

"I think I do"

"And you are not afraid?"

"Not at all Shall I suffer any pain?"

"No actual pang You will feel giddy for a moment, and your body will become unconscious That is all"

Iup, saw Zara's eyes watchingtenderness I answered her look with a saily: "L'audace, l'audace, et toujours l'audace! Thathow far a woo, and I assure you I am proud of the opportunity Your brother uttered soeneral inaptitude of the female sex when I first , I e into the unseen world is surely a bold step for a woeously"

"That is well," said Zara "I do not think it possible for you ever to regret it It is growing late--shall we prepare for dinner?"

I assented, and we separated to our different roo to dress I opened the pianette that stood near my , and tried very softly to play the melody I had heard in the chapel To ers, and I was able to remember every note I did not attempt to write it down--somehow I felt sure it would not escape ratitude filled iven by Heliobas, I knelt reverently down and thanked God for the joy and grace of music As I did so, a faint breath of sound, like a distant whisper of harps played in unison, floated pastcircles, till it gradually died away But it eet and entrancing enough for lorious and full of rapture ht long ago, when the angels chanted together, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good-will to Man!"