"I did not know that you had been to Dunmuir before."
"My wish did not come to pass," remarked Brian; "but there is no reason why you should not be more successful than I was, Miss Murray. And I feel a certain sort of desire to try once again."
"Here is a crooked pin," said Elizabeth. "Drop it into the water."
"Are you going to try?" he asked, when the ceremony had been performed.
"There is nothing that I wish for very greatly."
"Nothing? Ah, I have one wish—only one."
"I am unfortunate in that I have none," said Elizabeth.
"Then give me the benefit of your wishes. Wish that my wish may be fulfilled," said Brian.
She hesitated for a moment, then smiled, and threw a crooked pin into the water.
"I have wished," she said, as she watched it sink, "but I must not say what I wish: that breaks the charm."