But after all, you must understand." "Yes," she said sadly, "I do understand." They went down to the beach and he helped her into the boat.

Her maid sat by her side, and he rowed them across with a few powerful strokes.
"Storm and sunshine," he remarked, "follow one another here as swiftly as in any corner of the world.

Yesterday we had wind and thunder and rain.

To-day, look! The sky is cloudless, the birds are singing everywhere upon the marshes, the waves can do no more than ripple in upon the sands.

Will you walk across the marshes, Miss Jeanne, or will you come to the village and wait while I send for a carriage ?" "We will walk," she answered.