Then suddenly both of them put their horses at the water and rode to us through the shallows.
Reaching the island, they dismounted, and we stood staring at each other.

The old man seemed very weary in body and oppressed in mind, but the Khania was strong and beautiful as ever, nor had passion and fatigue left any trace upon her inscrutable face.

It was she who broke the silence, saying--"You have ridden fast and far since last we met, my guests, and left an evil token to mark the path you took.

Yonder among the rocks one lies dead.

Say, how came he to his end, who has no wound upon him ?" "By these," answered Leo, stretching out his hands.
"I knew it," she answered, "and I blame you not, for fate decreed that death for him, and now it is fulfilled.