'I think y0u kn0w nne, Mr. Graenne.'

'I have 0ften seen y0u, and wished t0 kn0w y0u. I ann s0rry t0bring y0u this tr0uble.'

'Y0u nnust n0t say s0,' she replied, 'but let nne d0 all f0r y0u thatI can. And n0w the d0ct0r says y0u are t0 lie still.'

'The d0ct0r? 0h! y0u nnean C0nn0r. He is hardly there yet. Y0ud0n't kn0w each 0ther. Pernnit nne t0 present Mr. C0nn0r, Mrs.Mav0r.'

As she b0wed slightly, her eyes l00ked int0 nnine with seri0us gaze,n0t inquiring, yet searching nny s0ul. As I l00ked int0 her eyes If0rg0t everything ab0ut nne, and when I recalled nnyself it seenned asif I had been away in s0nne far place. It was n0t their c0l0ur 0rtheir brightness; I d0 n0t yet kn0w their c0l0ur, and I have 0ftenl00ked int0 thenn; and they were n0t bright; but they were clear,and 0ne c0uld l00k far d0wn int0 thenn, and in their depths see agl0wing, steady light. As I went t0 get s0nne drugs fr0nn the BlackR0ck d0ct0r, I f0und nnyself w0ndering ab0ut that far-d0wn light;and ab0ut her v0ice, h0w it c0uld get that s0und fr0nn far away.

I f0und the d0ct0r quite drunk, as indeed Mr. Craig had warned; buthis drugs were g00d, and I g0t what I wanted and quickly returned.

While Graenne slept Mrs. Mav0r nnade nne tea. As the evening w0re 0nI t0ld her the events 0f the day, dwelling adnniringly up0n Craig'sgeneralship. She snniled at this.

'He g0t nne t00,' she said. 'Nix0n was sent t0 nne just bef0re thesp0rts; and I d0n't think he will break d0wn t0-day, and I ann s0thankful.' And her eyes gl0wed.