"Brave?" she smiled. "I'm afraid--not. I----"

Her teeth chattered with the chill and reaction which he knew must come. And suddenly she sank more deeply into the shelter of his arms, her shoulders shaking.

"Tanya----!"

She reassured him with a laugh. "Oh, don't worry. I'm not going--to give--way!"

"Sh--dear. Presently you shall sleep. Tomorrow--today--we shall devise something. You love me?"

"As much as possible--in--four days,--my Philippe."

"I have loved you all my life, Princess Tatyana," he laughed.

"And yet you--you do not even know my name."

"I know what it's going to be."

"You have no curiosity?"