"My dearest," he said in a grave tone, "the money is not unwelcome; but a greater gift has come to me than that--the gift of a true-hearted, stanch woman, who will be a noble wife."

"Hear, hear!" said Carver the misogamist. And so that disturbed chapter in their lives came to an end.

THE END.

BILLING AND SONS, PRINTERS, GUILDFORD.