"Patience will have grieved sorely for the loss of me," said Agnes.
"Well," said Reginald, "'joy cometh in the morning', and now I must leave you, or I shall be reported missing. Farewell; may God be with you!"
She smiled up at him, holding out her hand.
"Everything is coming all right," she said. "I am well content."
"So am I," said Reginald, "but I am loath to lose sight of you even for a time."
"Sir, I will answer for it, no harm shall come to her," said Jeanne.
"Thank you, my good woman!" said Reginald; and he would have put a piece of money in her hand, but she would not touch it.
"I will not barter a human life again," she answered.
"You're right there," said Reginald, and he sprang ashore, waving his hat as he walked rapidly back towards the village.
"How brave and handsome he looks!" thought Agnes to herself. "I did not know he was so fine a man." And certainly the last two years had worked a wonderful difference on Reginald.