And after a while, Miss Beenie found that there was sense in the suggestion, and dried her eyes, and did as she was desired, having been accustomed to do so, as she said, all her life.
The Diroms disappeared from Allonby as if they had never been there, and were heard of no more: though not without leaving disastrous traces at least in one heart and life.
But it may be that Effie’s wounds are not mortal after all. And one day Captain Sutherland must come home——
And who knows?
THE END.
This work appeared originally in “The Scottish Church.”
ROBERT MACLEHOSE, UNIVERSITY PRESS, GLASGOW.