“Oh, it cannot be,” she breathed as if to herself. “Are you sure—sure? I could not bear it if you were not sure.”
“Come, dear love,” he cried, “with all my heart and soul and body I want you—I want only YOU.”
For a single moment longer she stood, her soul searching his through her wonderful eyes. Then with a little sigh she sank into his arms.
“Oh, my darling,” she whispered, wreathing her strong young arms around his neck and laying her cheek close to his, “my darling, I thought I had given you up, but how could I have done it?”
At the hospital door the doctor was on guard. A massive figure loomed in the doorway.
“Hello, Superintendent Strong, what on earth are you doing out of bed?”
“Where is he?” said the Superintendent abruptly.
“Who?”
“Corporal Cameron.”
“CORPORAL Cameron? Constable Cameron is—”