"You have not given up all hope?" she asked.
"No, I cannot. It would be too cruel. I cannot imagine that anything really serious has happened to Geoffrey. I cannot feel anything for the present, save for you. And my heart is full for you, Marion."
"Ay," Marion said drearily. "It need be."
Vera turned and walked swiftly across the sands. She wanted to be alone now that no danger threatened.
Then presently the moon rose and shone upon the people gathered on the fringe of the sea. To the impatient Geoffrey came Ralph Ravenspur with a cloak and slouched hat over his arm.
CHAPTER XLIV STILL NEARER
He entered as coolly and easily as if he had been doing this kind of thing all his life, as if he had the full use of his eyesight.