His charm for her had, perhaps, consisted mostly in the atmosphere of flawless security, which seemed to surround him--a glittering bubble of romance.

That, by one fell attack, was now burst.

He was seen to be quite as other men, subject to the same storms, the same danger of shipwreck.

Only he was a better sailor than most.

She recuperated gradually; left for home; left for Europe; details too long to be narrated.