"I will see him soon, and then I will return to Obadiah's to tell you if he has left for the mainland.

Will you promise to meet me there--to-night ?" "I will promise." "At midnight--" "Yes, at twelve o'clock." This time it was Marion who came to him.

Her eyes shone like stars.
"And if you make Neil go to the mainland," she said softly, "when I meet you I will--will tell you--something." The last word came in a breathless sob.

As she slipped into the path that led to St.James she paused for a moment and called back, in a low voice, "Tell Neil that he must go for Winnsome's sake.

Tell him that her fate is shortly to be as cruel as mine--tell him that Winnsome loves him, and that she will escape and come to him on the mainland.