"I feel like going away by myself and never looking you in the face again, August."
"Why so, darling?"
"Because I have been such a fool."
He drew her to him, however, and kissed her tears away, while he whispered:
"The clouds have drifted away, darling, and we are destined to be happy yet."
She clung to him closely, and the widow understood and helped them. It was indeed sunshine after the storm.
* * * * *
Andrew Barkswell confessed his guilt in open court, and was sentenced to prison for life. Two years later he died. Thus ended an eventful and wicked career. Of course the reward was paid over in due time, and Silas Keene was the lion of the hour, since he had cornered a double murderer, and cleared up the mystery of Victoria Vane's sad death, who had fallen by the hand of a jealous woman.
And now adieu.