"Are you tired, Irene?"
"No. I will sit up until you are ready to go."
"An hour longer, and then I shall pack you off," he said.
"And you?"
"I shall be up all night."
"All night?" she exclaimed, in surprise, "Why?"
"Because it is the night, two years ago, that Ulick left home. I sat up all night on this date last year. I know it will be on a night such as this he will come back."
"To-night, not to-night? Will he come home to-night?" she asked, eagerly.
"How can I tell, child? If he does not I must wait another year," he said, sadly.
"You have forgiven him?"