Here have I sat with all the tortures of Hell burning in my blood because I knew that you and he were there alone, because I was never sure that, after all, I was not doing my lord's will.

And now I know that I suffered in vain.

You did not understand." Maggie looked across at her visitor reflectively.

She was beginning to regain her poise.
"Listen," she said, "did you seriously expect me to accept Prince Shan as a lover ?" The girl's eyes were round with wonder.
"It would be your great good fortune," she murmured, "if he should offer you so wonderful a thing." Maggie laughed,--persisted in her laugh, although it sounded a little hard and the mirth a little forced.
"I cannot reason with you," she declared, "because you would not understand.

If you love him so much, why not go back to him?
You will find him quite alone.