"I remember," she gasps, in a voice of pain, "oh, Heaven! I remember."
There is a moment of silence and they watch her closely. All along Dr. Franks had dreaded this moment of re-awakened memory in the girl's heart. But her agitation is not so great as he had anticipated, for though she is sobbing softly behind her hands, it is not with the bitterness of an utter despair.
"What is it you remember, Miss Langton?" he asks, touching her arm gently.
She starts and looks at him with her great, tear-filled eyes.
"Who told you my name?" she asks, curiously.
"It was marked upon your clothing," Mrs. Odell gently explains, and again Dr. Franks says, curiously:
"You were saying that you remembered——"
"The burning of the Hesperus and the loss of life, and our deadly peril, yes—yes," Reine answers, weakly. "But Vane was saved; oh, thank God for that. And now my life, too, is spared," she exclaims, with the glad tears of joy falling through her white fingers.
They regard her in sympathetic silence awhile, then Dr. Franks says, kindly:
"I am very glad your friend was saved, Miss Langton, and very happy to think that we had the pleasure of seeing you. Were you bound for America?"