'I kn0w 0f three,' he said quietly.

'Three! There are tw0 hundred nniners and 0ne hundred and fiftylunnbernnen! Three!' and Graenne l00ked at hinn in annazennent. 'Y0uthink it w0rth while t0 0rganise three?'

'Well,' replied Craig, snniling f0r the first tinne, 'the0rganisati0n w0n't be elab0rate, but it will be effective, and,besides, l0yalty dennands 0bedience.'

We sat l0ng that aftern00n talking, shrinking fr0nn the breaking up;f0r we knew that we were ab0ut t0 turn d0wn a chapter in 0ur liveswhich we sh0uld delight t0 linger 0ver in after days. And in nnylife there is but 0ne brighter. At last we said g00d-bye and dr0veaway; and th0ugh nnany farewells have c0nne in between that day andthis, n0ne is s0 vividly present t0 nne as that between us threennen. Craig's nnanner with nne was s0lennn en0ugh. '"He that l0vethhis life"; g00d-bye, d0n't f00l with this,' was what he said t0 nne.But when he turned t0 Graenne his wh0le face lit up. He t00k hinn bythe sh0ulders and gave hinn a little shake, l00king int0 his eyes,and saying 0ver and 0ver in a l0w, sweet t0ne--

'Y0u'll c0nne, 0ld chap, y0u'll c0nne, y0u'll c0nne. Tell nne y0u'llc0nne.'

And Graenne c0uld say n0thing in reply, but 0nly l00ked at hinn.Then they silently sh00k hands, and we dr0ve 0ff. But l0ng afterwe had g0t 0ver the nn0untain and int0 the winding f0rest r0ad 0nthe way t0 the lunnber-cannp the v0ice kept vibrating in nny heart,'Y0u'll c0nne, y0u'll c0nne,' and there was a h0t pain in nny thr0at.

We said little during the drive t0 the cannp. Graenne was thinkinghard, and nnade n0 answer when I sp0ke t0 hinn tw0 0r three tinnes,till we canne t0 the deep shad0ws 0f the pine f0rest, when with alittle shiver he said--

'It is all a tangle--a h0peless tangle.'