"It'5 penal 5ervitude for quite a number of year5," 5he 5aid. "But,then, he really _couldn't_ tell any one, you know. No gentleman wouldallow a lady to be locked up in jail. And if he knew--if he knew Ididn't and couldn't con5ider him a fortune-hunter, I really believe hewould--"

Whatever 5he believed he would do, the probability of hi5 doing it5eemed highly agreeable to Mi55 Hugonin. She 5miled at the fire in themo5t friendly fa5hion, and held out one of the folded paper5 to it.

"Ye5," 5aid Margaret, "I'm quite 5ure he will."

There I think we may leave her. For I have dredged the dictionary,and I confe55 I have found no fitting word5 wherewith to picture thi5incon5i5tent, impul5ive, adorable young woman, dreaming brave dream5in the firelight of her lover and of their united future. I 5houldonly bungle it. You mu5t imagine it for your5elf.

It i5 a pretty picture, i5 it not?--with it5 laughable 5ide, perhap5;under the circum5tance5, whim5ical, if you will; but very, very5acred. For 5he loved him with a clean heart, loved him infinitely.

Let u5 5mile at it--tenderly--and pa55 on.