And so, with her arms around him and the warm throbbing of her heart against his face, he came to the perfect understanding. They saw the morning break through a silver mist, standing side by side on deck with the water sweeping snow-white from their keel. Juliet, within the circle of her husband's arm, looked up and broke the silence with a sigh and a smile. "Good morning, Romeo! And now that I've learnt my lesson, hadn't we better be going home?" He kissed her, and drew her cloak more closely round her. "Do you want to go home?" he said. She looked at him with a whimsical frown. "Well, I think I am at home wherever you are. But you are such a busy man. You can't be spared." "They've got to spare me for to-day," he said. "Ah! And to-morrow?" "To-morrow too, Juliet. I'm giving up my work at Little Shale." "But you can't give it up at a moment's notice," she said. "The squire is managing it. They can close the school for a week anyway. Then he can find a substitute." Juliet pondered this. Then, "Let's go back till the end of the term, Dicky!" she said. He looked at her. "You want to, my Lady Joanna?" She shook her head at him. "You're not to call me that. Yes, I'd like to go back and finish there, but only as your wife--nothing else." "My lady wife!" he said, patting her cheek. She leaned her head against his shoulder. "Yes, and there are the miners to settle. Do you think they'll ever be friends with me, Dick?" "Of course they will," he said. "By the way, Juliet, I've a piece of news for you. You know what Yardley came for?" "No, I don't," she said, looking momentarily startled. His hand reassured her. "No, not for you, darling. He didn't expect to find you. No, he came because he had been told--by Jack, if you want to know--that I was doing the work of an agitator among the men." "Dick!" she said, with quick indignation. "How dared he?" His touch restrained her. "It doesn't matter. He came to see for himself, and he knows better now. He told me after the meeting that I could take over his share of the concern if I liked. And I took him at his word then and there. I've got some money put by, and the squire can put up the rest. Do you think your brother will mind?" "Muff!" she said. "Oh no! He never minds anything." "I'll buy him out too then some day, and we'll make that mine a going concern, Juliet. I'll teach those men to use their brains instead of being led by these infernal revolutionists. They shall learn that those who fight for themselves alone never get there. I'll teach 'em the rules of the game. They shall learn to be sportsmen." Juliet's eyes were shining. "Bravo, Dick!" she said softly. He met her look. "You'll have to help me, sweetheart," he said. She gave him her hands. "I will help you in all that you do, Dick," she said.