CHAPTER XXXV
THE JACK O' LANTERNS
'TAKE it, and keep it,' said Drownlands, handing the will to Zita. 'You can read. It is as you desired, and on the same condition as before. That is as you promised.'
'Yes,' said the girl; 'with that I am content.' She put the will in her bosom.
'Then,' said Drownlands in a tone of sad bitterness, 'for life and till death we are united.'
'After a fashion, to keep apart.'
'Yes, united to be separate.'
'Like a pair of wheels,' said Zita. 'They keep the concern going, but have it always between them.'