I--I had to test you, Gordon Craig." "My only wonder is that you retained any confidence." "Oh, but I did," she insisted warmly.

"That alone brought me here.

I thought of appealing to a lawyer, to the police, and then your face rose up before me, and my decision was made.

I came back to you that night because--because I believed you to be a gentleman." "And now?
henceforth ?" Her eyes never wavered, although there was a high color in her cheeks as my hands clasped her own more closely.
"I am convinced I chose aright.

You are the man I thought you to be.
I am glad I came." For an instant the hot blood coursed through my veins; I seemed to see only the beauty of her flesh.