Muriel rushed after them, wildly.

"Oh, Felix, Felix, come back," she cried, bursting into wild floods of hot, fierce tears.

"Come back and let me die with you! Let me die! Let me die with you!" Felix crossed the white line without one word of reply, and went forth into the night, half unmanned by this effort.

Muriel sank, where she stood, into Mali's arms.

The girl caught her and supported her.