"Not now,--oh, not to-night." "But, Helen," he said, "I can't be kept in suspense, you know." He tried to put his arm about her, but she pushed it a little aside and shook her head.

"I will tell you," she said, while Dr.Howe, not understanding his repulse, stood with parted lips and frowning eyebrows, polishing his glasses on the skirt of his dressing-gown.

Helen rubbed her hand across her forehead.
"I am a little confused," she began, "but--there is not much to say.

John has written that I must not come back to Lockhaven.

I shall never see my husband again, uncle Archie," she added piteously.
"Why--why--why!" cried Dr.Howe.