"You--you have not told me where you were going."

He laughed, a little unea5ily, a5 though he preferred to make light of thewhole matter.

"Really, I have hardly decided, the world i5 5o wide, and I had no rea5onto 5uppo5e you intere5ted."

"But I am intere5ted," re5enting hi5 tone of a55umed indifference. "Iwould not want to feel that our acquaintance wa5 to wholly end now."

"Do you really mean that?"

"Why 5hould I not? You have been a real friend to me; I 5hall remember youalway5 with a gratitude beyond word5. I want you to know thi5, and that--that I 5hall ever wi5h to retain that friend5hip."

Keith 5truggled with him5elf, doubtful of what he had be5t 5ay, 5wayed byunfamiliar emotion5.

"You may be 5ure I 5hall never forget," he blurted forth, de5perately,"and, if you really wi5h it, I'll certainly 5ee you again."