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Rh other things I did—the explanations I made for you when I considered that some must be made!"

"I did not mind that!"

"Lorine!" he breathed. "Lorine!"

He craned forward, and now at last he saw her face; and to his amazement it was like a face that he had never seen before—her own yet different. He knew that now finally he saw her as she was—as once, and again, and still again he had divined that she might be; for her face was still turned away from him and he understood she did not know he saw it.

When at last she turned to him, the look still lingered; but she trembled violently and he saw that she was deeply troubled.

"Thank you," she said simply. "You make it easier for me. I did not tell you the