"My duty is quite clear and simple; I think.

You needn't wait, Captain Tremayne." And so, without another word, Tremayne turned and departed.

The soldiers, in compliance with the short command issued by Sir Terence, took up the body and bore it away to a room in the official quarters; and in their wake went Colonel Grant, after taking his leave of Sir Terence.

Her ladyship vanished from the balcony and closed her windows, and finally Sir Terence, followed by Mullins, slowly, with bowed head and dragging steps, reentered the house.

In the quadrangle, flooded now by the cold, white light of the moon, all was peace once more.