He gave a start at the sound of his name and she smiled faintly.
"I have learnt to say it in English, you see."
"Do not mock me, mademoiselle! Fifteen years—"
"That is just what I was going to say. Fifteen years is a very long time—and—and it has not been easy for me, John. I do not think I can do without you any longer."
So in the street, under the dawn, they kissed for the first time.
EPILOGUE.
I.
HUDSON RIVER.
"Il reviendra-z à Pâques,
Ou—à la Trinité!"