I have carried the words that were on my lips that night all these years in my heart.

I know I can have no response--I expect none; but it can not harm you if I tell you that I loved you then, and have----" She put up her hand in protest.
"You must not go on, Mr.Lenox," she said, turning to him, "and I must leave you." "Are you very angry with me ?" he asked humbly.
She turned her face to the sea again and gave a sad little laugh.
"Not so much as I ought to be," she answered; "but you yourself have given the reason why you should not say such things, and why I should not listen, and why I ought to say good-night." "Ah, yes," he said bitterly; "of course you are right, and this is to be the end." She turned and looked at him for a moment.

"You will never again speak to me as you have to-night, will you ?" she asked.
"I should not have said what I did had I not thought I should never see you again after to-morrow," said John, "and I am not likely to do that, am I ?" "If I could be sure," she said hesitatingly, and as if to herself.
"Well," said John eagerly.

She stood with her eyes downcast for a moment, one hand resting on the rail, and then she looked up.
"We expect to stay in Algiers about two months," she said, "and then we are going to Naples to visit some friends for a few days, about the time you told me you thought you might be there.

Perhaps it would be better if we said good-bye to-night; but if after we get home you are to spend your days in Homeville and I mine in New York, we shall not be likely to meet, and, except on this side of the ocean, we may, as you say, never see each other again.