After his death I saw a closed locket on his breast for the first time.

I would not have opened it for the world--I just kissed it--" Her voice broke again; but after a moment she quietly resumed.

"He changed his name--I think--when I was about nine years old.

I remember that somehow it seemed to give him comfort--he was more cheerful with me afterward--" "And you have no idea what led him to go abroad ?" She shook her head.

Marsham's changed and rapid tone had betrayed some agitation in the mind behind; but Diana did not notice it.