He looked at her as dying men look to the light, there was a long silence, and then he said,—
"I must go now, Katharine. I suppose I must bid you good-by now?"
"Yes, I think it would be best."
"I shall pass this way again on my journey to Alexandria in half an hour; may I not speak once more to you then?"
"No," she said finally, after a long pause. "I think it best that we should end it now. It can do no good at all. Good-by, and may God bless you."
He bent and kissed her hand, and then stopped a moment and looked at her, saying never a word.
"Good-by, again," she said.
On the instant he turned and left her.
CHAPTER XLI
Into the Haven, at last