Yes, I do not deserve that love, for I cannot return it." Zee released my hand, rose to her feet, and turned her face away to hide her emotions; then she glided noiselessly along the room, and paused at the threshold.

Suddenly, impelled as by a new thought, she returned to my side and said, in a whispered tone,-- "You told me you would speak with perfect frankness.

With perfect frankness, then, answer me this question.

If you cannot love me, do you love another ?" "Certainly, I do not." "You do not love Taee's sister ?" "I never saw her before last night." "That is no answer.

Love is swifter than vril.