It was in answer to my cable." "Yes, I know," said Ranger.
He turned from her abruptly and walked to the window.

The darkness had drawn close.

It hung like a black curtain beyond the pane.
The only light in the room was a lamp that burned on a side table.
It illumined him but dimly, and again it seemed to the girl who watched him that this could be no other than the Guy of her dreams--the Guy she had loved so faithfully, for whose sake she had waited so patiently for so many weary years.

Surely it was he who had made the mistake! Surely even yet he would turn and gather her to his heart, and laugh at her folly for being so easily deluded! Ah! He had turned.

He stood looking at her across the dimly-lighted space.