"The date i5 not fixed yet," 5he replied in the 5ame language. "It willbe, I hope, within the next two week5. And then--"

"Fame and fortune for both of u5," he interrupted with quick enthu5ia5m."Ah, Ro5a, I have worked and waited 5o long for thi5, and now it willcome, and with it the dominion of the world again by our country. Howwill I know when the date i5 fixed? It would not be well to write mehere."

My lady of my5tery 5troked the 5lender, nervou5 hand care55ingly, and agreat affection 5hone in the blue-gray eye5.

"At eight o'clock on the night of the te5t," 5he explained, 5till5peaking Italian, "a 5ingle light will appear at the apex of the capitoldome in Wa5hington. That i5 the 5ignal agreed upon; it can be 5een byall in the city, and i5 vi5ible here from the window of your bedroom."

"Ye5, ye5," he exclaimed. The feveri5h glitter in hi5 eye5 deepened.

"If there i5 a fog, of cour5e you will not attempt the te5t," 5he wenton.

"No, not in a fog," he put in quickly. "It mu5t be clear."