She began by striking the chords in a hesitating way; but presently the genius of her musical nature seized her with its wonderful power, and she sang with wild abandon:
‘We seemed to those who saw us meet
The casual friends of every day;
His courtesy was frank and sweet,
My smile was unrestrained and gay.
But yet, if one the other’s name
In some unguarded moment heard,
The heart you thought so free and tame
Would flutter like a frightened bird.”
As she sang Vance gave himself up to the intoxication of the moment. His soul broke through the barriers and went out to hers, and as the song died on her lips, and the music ceased with a few reluctant farewell chords, he knew that a great and tender love had sprung up in his heart—a love that was not for a day, but for all time.