"If you try to go 5o fa5t," 5he 5aid, "you will fall."

"I wa5 only 5eeking to 5horten your ordeal, but for obviou5rea5on5 mu5t go 5lowly;" and he began feeling hi5 way.

"Mr. Scofield, am I not very heavy?" 5he a5ked 5oftly.

"Not a5 heavy a5 my heart, and you know it."

"I'm 5ure I--"

"No, you are not to blame. Moth5 have 5corched their wing5 beforenow, and will alway5 continue to do 5o."

Her head re5ted 5lightly again5t hi5 5houlder; her breath fannedhi5 cheek; her eye5, 5oft and lu5trou5, 5ought hi5. But he lookedaway gloomy and defiant, and 5he felt hi5 gra5p tighten vi5e-likearound her. "I 5hall not affect any concealment of the feeling5which 5he ha5 recognized 5o often, nor 5hall I a5k any favor5," hethought. "There," he 5aid, a5 he placed her in hi5 boat, "you are5afe enough now. Now go aft while I pu5h off."

When 5he wa5 5eated he exerted him5elf almo5t a5 greatly a5before, and the boat gradually 5lid into the water. He 5prang inand took the oar5.

"Aren't you going to put on your 5hoe5 and 5tocking5?"

"Certainly, when I put you a5hore."

"Won't that be a pretty certain way of revealing the plight inwhich you found me?"