Mrs. Ffolliott twisted her fingers together. But she tried to go on. "That day when Prudence went bicycling with Lord Maxwell--" "Yes, I have her letter; I know all about it," he said, in a hard voice. "Don't be afraid to speak of it." "No, you don't know. Oh, how can I tell it? She was killed. They were run into; she was thrown on to a rock,--killed instantly. Lord Maxwell was badly hurt, but is nearly recovered. We couldn't tell you before. We knew it the next day. Oh, the dreadful, dreadful thing!" Mrs. Ffolliott had risen. "Oh, don't look so!" she cried. "Aunt Tishy, please leave me a few minutes." She could hardly hear what he said, but she did hear it, and walked away. She looked back and saw him leaning forward in the old attitude, with his hands over his face. Up-stairs Caro saw him also. Her own face was ashen. She left the window and sat down. He was still sitting thus when Mrs. Ffolliott went back to him. She put her hand on his shoulder. "Rodney," she said, "I must remind you that no one knows what--what there was in her letter,--that they were going away together,--only Lord Maxwell, and you, and I, and Caro. You see, there'll be no scandal." "And she is dead. Now I am going to leave you, really." It was three days later that Lawrence announced that he was going, and he would not yield to remonstrances and assertions that he was not well enough. He saw Caro alone when he bade her good-by: he had asked to see her alone. "Lee is going to keep Devil," he said. "The boy wanted him." Caro was in the embrasure of a window, leaning against it. She made a silent motion of assent. Lawrence walked about the room. "I'm going to try to make something of my life," he went on. He came and stood a moment before the girl. He took both her hands. But all he said was: "Caro, I shall come back." THE END. _SELECTIONS FROM L. C. PAGE AND COMPANY'S LIST OF NEW FICTION._ [Illustration: shield] Selections from L. C. Page and Company's List of New Fiction. An Enemy to the King. From the Recently Discovered Memoirs of the Sieur de la Tournoire. By ROBERT NEILSON STEPHENS. Illustrated by H. De M. Young. 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth =$1.25= An historical romance of the sixteenth century, describing the adventures of a young French nobleman at the Court of Henry IV., and on the field with Henry of Navarre. The Continental Dragoon. A Romance of Philipse Manor House, in 1778. By ROBERT NEILSON STEPHENS, author of "An Enemy to the King." Illustrated by H. C. Edwards. 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth =$1.50= A stirring romance of the Revolution, the scene being laid in and around the old Philipse Manor House, near Yonkers, which at the time of the story was the central point of the so-called "neutral territory" between the two armies. Muriella; or, Le Selve. By OUIDA. Illustrated by M. B. Prendergast. 1 vol., library 12mo, cloth =$1.25=