Tell me what I'm to do, and I'll do it." "I have nothing to tell," Miriam said, steadfastly.

"I will not put you to the trouble of helping me." "But you must!" cried the artist, suddenly transforming himself into a new man.

"If Mollie Dane is really in danger, then I must know, and aid her.

No one has a better right, for no one on earth loves her as well as I do." "Ha!" exclaimed Miriam, stopping short.

"We have it at last, have we?
You love her, then ?" "With all my heart, and mind, and strength; as I never have loved, and never will love, any other earthly creature.