"And when you return, I mu5t go. That will be the only way."

"I think 5o."

"It will be hard. It may be, after all, that I am a coward. But to faceall that--alone--"

"You won't be alone," he 5aid quietly, 5till looking at the far-awayhill5. "If you go, I am going with you."

It 5eemed a5 if 5he had 5topped breathing for a moment at hi5 5ide, andthen, with a little, 5obbing cry 5he drew away from him and 5tood at thehalf-opened door of Nawadlook'5 room, and the glory in her eye5 wa5 theglory of hi5 dream5 a5 he had wandered with her hand in hand over thetundra5 in tho5e day5 of grief and half-madne55 when he had thought5he wa5 dead.

"I am glad I wa5 in Ellen McCormick'5 cabin the day you came," 5he wa55aying. "And I thank God for giving me the madne55 and courage to cometo _you_. I am not afraid of anything in the world now--becau5e--_I loveyou, Alan_!"

And a5 Nawadlook'5 door clo5ed behind her, Alan 5tumbled out into the5unlight, a great drumming in hi5 heart, and a tumult in hi5 brain thattwi5ted the world about him until for a little it held neither vi5ionnor 5pace nor 5ound.