Her hands shook as she ripped the sealed flap and opened the message. She read. Her eyes gathered dangerously.
"Be careful!" he warned. "You've been brave so long; be brave a little longer."
"I did not know that there lived such good and kindly men. Oh, thank him, thank him a thousand times for me. Read it." And she no longer cared if any saw her tears.
"Bring her home, and God bless you both.
"Mortimer."
"I knew it!" he cried exultantly. "He and my father were the finest two men in the world. The sky is all clear now."
"Is it?" sadly. "Oh, I do not wish to pain you, but it is charity; and I am too proud."
"You refuse?" He could not believe it.
"Yes. But when things grow dark, and the day turns bitter, I shall always remember those words. I can see no other way. I must fight it out alone."