I know I was, but I have loved her all my life.

I am sorry I spoke so, and I beg your pardon; but--won't you tell me about the note now ?" A great pity for the young man filled Seymour's heart in spite of his own sorrow.

"I loved her too," he said quietly.

"The note was sent to me from Gwynn's Island, where they were confined.

I had offered myself to her the night of the raid,--just before it, in fact,--and she accepted me.