"But I feel, I can't help feeling, that it is to you he owes his life—to you——"
"Be quiet!" cried Nellie. "Are you engaged now?"
"I—I don't know."
"Does he still love you?"
"Yes, I think so."
"Why didn't you tell me? Why did you keep me in the dark? Why did you tempt me?"
"Indeed, I don't understand."
"I didn't know he had told you. I only thought he had a fancy—— Oh, and I loved him too! I did indeed!"
"I know, dear," said Janet; "and so, when you had been so brave, and I so cowardly——"
"Stop!" cried Nellie again, and as she spoke the door opened and Dale Bannister came in. He was fresh back from London, and had ridden over to see Nellie.