“Yes. Poor Dick!”

His look made the question superfluous, yet Wareham said—

“There never will be bad blood between us?”

Hugh’s hand sought his in pledge.

“Never. I want to make it all right.”

“Wait for that, Hugh.”

“For what? For my ghost?” He breathed the words. “When you saw me that morning—what a sell!”

“Nothing had been said,” repeated Wareham doggedly.

“I know. I couldn’t have been so straight—with Anne before me. But you can’t laugh now at my madness.”

“Not I.”