Yes, you may tell me." "Robert Galesworth." "Of what rank ?" "Lieutenant, Ninth Illinois Cavalry, but detailed for special service." "Thank you.

I--I am rather glad you told me." "And you," I insisted, determined this confidence should be mutual.
"May I not, in return, be told your name ?" "I am Willifred Gray," she said quietly.

"That is all--just Willifred Gray." There was something about the manner in which she said this which held me silent.

I should have liked to ask more, a second question trembling on my lips, but the words would not come.

It was altogether new to me, this fear of offending a woman, so new it almost angered, and yet something about her positively held me as though in bonds.