"Much may chance in six months." "Of course, Allan.

For instance, Marie might change her mind and marry someone else." "Or I might not be there to marry, mynheer.

Accidents sometimes happen to men who are not wanted, especially in wild countries or, for the matter of that, to those who are." "Allemachte! Allan, you do not mean that I--" "No, mynheer," I interrupted; "but there are other people in the world besides yourself--Hernan Pereira, for example, if he lives.

Still, I am not the only one concerned in this matter.

There is Marie yonder.