"I will do anything I can to watch over you--but it will be little.

Good bye.

God preserve you." As she rose she rang the bell beside her that her maid might come and show him the way out.

She knew that by this time Elettra must have returned from her errands.

The afternoon light was already failing.
She held out her hand, and he took it and kept it for a moment.
"God preserve you," he repeated earnestly.
He turned just as Elettra opened the door.