But I've given eighteen of them to a number of--ah--friends.

I had nineteen, but never had the--right to present that nineteenth god." "What do you mean, Louis ?" "Oh, those gilded idols are the deities of secrecy.

Their commandment is, 'Thou shalt not be found out.' So I distributed them among those who worship them--that is, I have so directed my executors....

By the way, I made a new will." He looked at her cheerfully, evidently very much pleased with himself.
"And _what_ do you think I've left to you ?" "Louis, I don't--" "Why, the bridle, saddle, crop, and spurs I wore that day when we rode to the ocean! Don't you remember the day that you noticed me listening and asked me what I heard ?" "Y-yes--" "And I told you I was listening to my father ?" Again that same chilly tremor passed over her as it had then.
The sun, over the Adirondack foot-hills, hung above bands of smouldering cloud.

Presently it dipped into them, hanging triple-ringed, like Saturn on fire.
"It's time for you to go," he said in an altered voice; and she turned to find him standing and ready to aid her.
A little pale with the realisation that the end had come so soon, she rose and walked slowly back to where his horse stood munching leaves.
"Well, Virginia--good-bye, little girl.