When you finish, Major, I shall be glad to talk with you more at length; until then we leave you to the care of Miss Hardy." They passed out, and as the door closed behind the last straggler, she came slowly across the room, and sat down in a chair opposite me, resting her flushed cheek on one hand.
"What made you do it ?" I asked, impelled by a curiosity which could no longer be restrained.
"Oh, I don't know," and her lashes lifted, giving me one swift glimpse into the depths of her eyes.

"A mere impulse when I first realized the danger of your position." "Then it was for me ?--because you cared ?" "Perhaps I would have done the same for any one--I am a woman." "I can comprehend that, yes," I insisted, "but am not willing to believe mere sympathy would carry you so far.

Was there not, back of all, a feeling almost of friendship ?" "I make no such acknowledgment.

I spoke before I thought; before I even realized what my words meant.

And you ?--how came you there ?" I told her briefly, answering her questions without reserve, rejoicing in the interest she exhibited in my narrative, and eager to know at once how far I could still presume on her assistance.