You must go back to Le Pas--back into the South.
Will you promise me that ?" "Perhaps," he said.

"I will tell you soon." She surrendered to the determination in his voice and allowed him to pass out into the night with her.

Swiftly she led him along a path that ran into the deep gloom of the balsam and spruce.

He could hear the throbbing of her heart and her quick, excited breathing as she stopped, one of her hands clasping him nervously by the arm.
"It is not very far--from here," she whispered "You must not go with me.
If they saw me with you--at this hour--" He felt her shuddering against him.
"Only a little farther," he begged.
She surrendered again, hesitatingly, and they went on, more slowly than before, until they came to where a few faint lights in the camp were visible ahead of them.
"Now--now you must go!" Howland turned as if to obey.

In an instant the girl was at his side.
"You have not promised," she entreated.