The day of the soldier had passed--until some future need of him stirred the emotions of a selfish people.

This new world moved on unmindful, through its travail and incalculable change, to unknown ends.

He, Daren Lane, had been left alone on the vast and naked shores of Lethe.
Lane made not one passionate protest at the injustice of his fate.
Labor, agony, war had taught him wisdom and vision.

He began to realize that no greater change could there be than this of his mind, his soul.

But in the darkness there an irresistible grief assailed him.