Little Anne traced a tiny cross on his forehead with her thumbnail. “Only you. Take care of yourself and bring me you,” she said. “I shall study hard’s I can to be ready to help you when you come home. I’m going to learn to write on a typewriter and make squiggles so you can tell me your works like Anne! But if you have time I’d just love to have you pray for me in the catacombs!” “How I wish I could take you with me! It would be worth anything to show you St. Peter’s, little Anne!” said Richard. “Oh, yes!” little Anne breathlessly agreed. Then she added, with one of her exalted moods suddenly sweeping her beyond the grief of parting and the desire for Rome: “But every place is the same, if you’ve got God!” “What a valedictory to a theatrical triumph!” exclaimed Richard. Anne and Kit took little Anne’s cold hands and went away. Ted Wilberforce followed them down the corridor to say good-bye to the child and a last word to his cousin. “Good-bye, little Anne! Remember to love me with Richard. And go to sleep in a trice, for this is dissipation, you know!” said Ted. Little Anne warmly returned his farewell kiss. “I’ve had a wonderful time, and I don’t truly think I could go to sleep,” she said. “I’d just as lief as not sit up hours and hours to talk about it to Mother and Father and Joan and Peter and everyone! It’s rather wasteful to go to bed when you feel wide awake, ’way through, don’t you think so? But good-bye, dear Mr. Wilberforce. I do love you, too!” Ted returned to Richard to go with him to the supper that he was giving to celebrate “The Guerdon.” Anne and Kit took little Anne with them to the hotel where they all were to spend the night, and return to Cleavedge in the morning. “It’s all over!” said Anne. “It’s all beginning, little wife!” Kit corrected her. “Isn’t something always like that, all over and just beginning?” asked wise little Anne. THE END [Illustration] THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS GARDEN CITY, N. Y. Transcriber’s Note: Punctuation has been standardised. Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as printed in the original publication except as follows: Page 27 dropped back into his chiar _changed to_ dropped back into his chair Page 67 lighty kissing Miss Carrington’s _changed to_ lightly kissing Miss Carrington’s Page 76 Sister something-or-Other _changed to_ Sister Something-or-Other Page 84 went so far as to to try _changed to_ went so far as to try Page 149 the pity whth which _changed to_ the pity with which Page 158 I’m sure I don’t knew _changed to_ I’m sure I don’t know Page 173 interpretating Kit’s unconsidered _changed to_ interpreting Kit’s unconsidered Page 240 tight little white yoke-top _changed to_ tight little white yoke top