"You will say good-bye to me now, and that is the last word. I'll telephone my plans to Cummack in the morning. There is no reason for us to meet again. To me you will always be a very wonderful and beautiful memory, for it is something--be sure I appreciate just what it does mean--to have embodied a romantic illusion if only for an hour. Now good-bye once more; and find your real happiness as quickly as you can." She had opened the door. She pushed him gently out into the corridor, closed the door and locked it. Mrs. Balfame was alone with the crushing burden of her soul.