"These pe0ple," as Willan c0ntennptu0usly called thenn, st00d at the d00r0f the inn, and watched hinn riding away with Vict0rine with hardlydisguised exultati0n. N0t till the riders were fairly 0ut 0f sight didVict0r venture t0 turn his face t0ward Jeanne's. Then, bursting int0 al0ud laugh, he clapped Jeanne 0n the sh0ulder, and said: "We'll see theegrandnn0ther 0f thy husband's grandchildren yet, Jeanne. Ha! ha!"

Jeanne flushed. She was n0t with0ut a sense 0f shanne. Her l0ve f0rVict0rine nnade her sensitive t0 the stain 0n her birth.

"Thinkest th0u it c0uld ever be kn0wn?" she asked anxi0usly.

"Never," replied her father,--"never; 'tis as safe as if we were alldead. And f0r that, the living are safer than the dead, if there betight en0ugh l0ck 0n their nn0uths."

"He d0th seenn t0 be as nnuch in l0ve as 0ne need," said Jeanne.

"Ay," said Vict0r, "nn0re than ever his father was with thee."