She knew it; the timidity of her beseeching eyes told that she asked a great thing--a thing that must be taken on faith, and must try his faith. Yet she could not but ask. The life of to-day was not yet done. Coming now, the life of to-morrow would come too soon. Very anxiously she watched his struggle, perhaps with an undefined yet not uncertain apprehension that its issue would answer the question whether he were in truth the man to whom she must come back, whether they two would in the end make terms and live as one. What her heart asked was, Could freedom and love be reconciled? Else, which must go to the wall? She feared that she might be forced to answer that question. Or would he spare it her? Another moment wore away. His brows were knit into a frown; he did not look at her. Her eyes were on his, full of contending feelings--of trust and love for him, of hope for herself, it may be of a little shame that she must put him to such a trial. At last he turned to her and met her gaze with a friendly cheerful smile. 'Go out into the world and have your fling, Peggy. Take your heart and mine with you; but try to bring them both back to me.' She caught his hand in hers, delighted that she could go, enraptured that his face told her that he trusted her to go. 'Yes,' she whispered, 'I shall come back with both, because, Tommy, you have such great, great faith in me. I shall come back. But'--her voice rose again in untrammelled gaiety--'But go I must for a little while. There's so much to see!' THE END PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., LTD., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON ADVERTISEMENTS NOVELS BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN. JUST PUBLISHED. Crown 8vo. 6s. IN KINGS' BYWAYS. SHORT STORIES. FOURTH IMPRESSION. Crown 8vo. 6s. COUNT HANNIBAL. _SPECTATOR._--'Genuinely exciting up to the last page.' _ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS._--'The reader will be scarcely conscious of taking breath. There is a perfect mastery of picturesque incident set down in excellent prose.... Mr. Weyman has proved once more that in this field of romance he is far superior to his competitors.' _ATHENÆUM._--'The best of Mr. Weyman's novels that we have seen for some time.... The book is rapid, is absorbing, and the hero is a distinctly interesting character.' _TRUTH._--'Mr. Weyman has written nothing more thrilling than "Count Hannibal."... It is, however, the heroine herself who fascinates the reader of a story which will hold him breathless from the first page to the last.' _ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE._--'Excellent reading.... Every one who has left a vestige of liking for good, virile, stirring stuff will enjoy "Count Hannibal."' FIFTH EDITION. With a Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. 6s. THE CASTLE INN.