sudden, so wild and strange, that she did not , 
nor was she but half conscious of the fetters of tron 
which these few moments were fastening down on her 
life. It was very terrible, this crisis ; but she vaguely 
felt that there was the sweetness of  and utter 
abandonment possessing her ; that the die had been 
cast for good or evil, and the old days of doubt and an- 
xiety were over. 

" Let me go let me go ! '' she pleaded piteously. 
" C-% what have we done ? " 

; We have sealed our fate," said he, with a wild look 
in his eyes, which she did not see. " I have fought 
against this for many a day, how bitterly and anxiously 
no one knows, Coquette. But now, Coquette but now ; 
won't you look up and let me see that wordnetdesire is written i.i 
your eyes ? Won r t you look up, and give me one kiss 
before we part ? only one, Coquette? " 

But her downcast face was pale and deathlike, and 
for a moment or two she seemed to tremble. Finally 
she said, 

"I cannot speak to you now To-morrow or next 
day, perhaps we shall meet. Adieu / you must leave 
me