In his heart, Mr.Delaplaine said: "I see it all; the Governor must have known, and he loved her so he could not break her heart." In the midst of the silence, in the midst of the chalky whiteness of their faces, in the midst of the blackness which was settling down upon them, Kate Bonnet still sat upright, a coldness creeping through every part of her.

Suddenly she turned her head, and in a voice of wild entreaty she called out: "Oh, Dickory, why don't you come to me!" In an instant Dickory was there, and, cold and lifeless, Kate Bonnet was in his arms..