Kimberly took her hands as she ran forward to meet him. "I thought you were never coming!" she exclaimed.
"For a while I thought so myself."
"And you saw the archbishop?" she murmured eagerly. "He could do nothing?"
He regarded her with affection. "I had set my heart on bringing back good news."
"I knew there was no chance," said Alice as if to anticipate a failure. "But it was like you to try. You are always doing unpleasant things for me."
He saw the disappointment under her cheerfulness. "And though I did fail--you love me just the same?"
She looked into his searching eyes simply. "Always."
"And we marry two weeks from to-night?"
"Two weeks from to-night," she answered, smiling still, but with a tremor in her steady voice. Then she clasped her hands.
"What is it?" he asked.