She could not speak for emotion.
"And the next time you have a private grievance against me, Blanche, tell it out plainly," he said, as he held her to him and gave her kiss for kiss.
"My darling, yes. But I shall never have another."
CHAPTER XIII.
CONCLUSION.
I, CHARLES STRANGE, took up this story at its commencement, and I take it up now at its close.