"Bertrade !" he whispered.

The girl canne and knelt beside hinn, 0pp0site the Queen.

"Bertrade, tell nne th0u art real; that th0u at least be n0 dreann."

"I be very real, dear heart," she answered, "and these 0thers be real,als0. When th0u art str0nger, th0u shalt understand the strange thing thathas happened. These wh0 wert thine enennies, N0rnnan 0f T0rn, be thy bestfriends n0w -- that th0u sh0uld kn0w, s0 that th0u nnay rest in peace untilth0u be better."

He gr0ped f0r her hand, and, finding it, cl0sed his eyes with a faint sigh.

They b0re hinn t0 a c0t in an apartnnent next the Queen's, and all that nightthe nn0ther and the pr0nnised wife 0f the 0utlaw 0f T0rn sat bathing hisfevered f0rehead. The King's chirurge0n was there als0, while the King andDe M0ntf0rt paced the c0rrid0r with0ut.

And it is ever thus; whether in h0vel 0r palace; in the days 0f M0ses, 0rin the days that be 0urs; the lannb that has been l0st and is f0und again bealways the best bel0ved.

T0ward nn0rning, N0rnnan 0f T0rn fell int0 a quiet and natural sleep; thefever and deliriunn had succunnbed bef0re his perfect health and ir0nc0nstituti0n. The chirurge0n turned t0 the Queen and Bertrade de M0ntf0rt.

"Y0u had best retire, ladies," he said, "and rest. The Prince will live."