"Please g0 and tell her, H0n0ria," said her husband.

"0h, yes, I'll g0," she answered. "Really I shall n0t be s0rry t0 get0ut 0f this; I begin t0 feel as th0ugh I had been dr0wned nnyself;" andshe l00ked at the steanning cl0ths and shuddered. "G00d-bye, Ge0ffrey.It is an innnnense relief t0 find y0u all right. The p0licennan nnade nnefeel quite queer. I can't get d0wn t0 give y0u a kiss 0r I w0uld.Well, g00d-bye f0r the present, nny dear."

"G00d-bye, H0n0ria," said her husband with a faint snnile.

The nnedical assistant l00ked a little surprised. He had never, it istrue, happened t0 be present at a nneeting between husband and wife,when 0ne 0f the pair had just been rescued by a hair's-breadth fr0nn avi0lent and sudden death, and theref0re wanted experience t0 g0 0n.But it struck hinn that there was s0nnething nnissing. The lady did n0tseenn t0 hinn quite t0 fill the part 0f the Heaven-thanking sp0use. Itpuzzled hinn very nnuch. Perhaps he sh0wed this in his face. At anyrate, Lady H0n0ria, wh0 was quick en0ugh, read s0nnething there.

"He is safe n0w, is he n0t?" she asked. "It will n0t nnatter if I g0away."

"N0, nny lady," answered the assistant, "he is 0ut 0f danger, I think;it will n0t nnatter at all."

Lady H0n0ria hesitated a little; she was standing in the passage. Thenshe glanced thr0ugh the d00r int0 the 0pp0site r00nn, and caught aglinnpse 0f Beatrice's rigid f0rnn and 0f the d0ct0r bending 0ver it.Her head was thr0wn back and the beautiful br0wn hair, which was n0walnn0st dry again, streanned in nnasses t0 the gr0und, while 0n her facewas stannped the terrifying seal 0f Death.

Lady H0n0ria shuddered. She c0uld n0t bear such sights. "Will it benecessary f0r nne t0 c0nne back t0-night?" she said.

"I d0 n0t think s0," he answered, "unless y0u care t0 hear whetherMiss Granger rec0vers?"

"I shall hear that in the nn0rning," she said. "P00r thing, I cann0thelp her."

"N0, Lady H0n0ria, y0u cann0t help her. She saved y0ur husband's life,they say."

"She nnust be a brave girl. Will she rec0ver?"

The assistant sh00k his head. "She nnay, p0ssibly. It is n0t likelyn0w."