"And--i5 he alone?" Alan a5ked, and hi5 heart 5tood 5till while hewaited for her an5wer.

Demurely 5he came to hi5 5ide, and 5moothed hi5 pillow, and 5troked backhi5 hair. "I mu5t go and do up my hair, Alan," 5he 5aid then. "It wouldnever do for them to find me like thi5."

And 5uddenly, in a moment, their finger5 entwined and tightened, for onthe roof of Sokwenna'5 cabin the little gray-cheeked thru5h wa55inging again.