Agnes sprang up breathlessly.
"Come," Kate said, holding out her hand; "he is waiting for you!"
With a cry of joy Agnes hurried out of the room and upstairs.
At the green baize door Kate restrained her a moment.
"You must be very quiet, Agnes—very calm, and not excite or agitate him."
"Oh, yes! yes! Oh, let me go!"
Miss Danton opened the door and let her in. In a moment she was kneeling by the bedside, her arms around his weak head, showering kisses and tears on his pale, thin face.
"Forgive me!" she said. "Forgive me, my own, my dear, my lost husband. Oh, never think I was false. I never, never was, in thought or act, for one moment. Say you forgive me, my darling, and love me still."
Of course, Kate did not linger. When she again entered the dining-room, she found one of those she had left, gone.
"Where is Doctor Frank?" she asked.