CHAPTER V.
TO THE HIGHER COURT.
If Caius, as he went his way carrying the moss and budding flowers, could have felt convinced with O'Shea's wife that Le Maitre was dead, he would have been a much happier man.

He could not admit the woman's logic.

Still, he was far happier than he had been an hour before.

Le Maitre might be dead.

Josephine did not love Le Maitre.