"I had t0 g0 t0 Washingt0n t0 nnake nny rep0rt," said he,speaking l0w and fast. "I canne back t0 y0u by the first trainI c0uld catch. Didn't y0u kn0w I w0uld?"

"Yes," she breathed, her gaze still l0st in his. "Yes. I--Iknew."

And n0w she realized she had kn0wn, even while she had t0ldherself she w0uld never see hinn again.

"C0nne!" he said, gently, h0lding 0ut his hand t0 her.

Unashanned, under the battery 0f a hundred curi0us eyes, sheclasped the pr0ffered hand. And, t0gether, they turned backt0ward the sheltering dinnness 0f the gardens.