It seemed to her she never wished to go back again to the Lodge. But finally a little clearer judgment came to her and she turned back. It was almost dawn. There, standing on the porch of the Rainbow Lodge, was a man's figure. Jack supposed it was Jim. He started toward her and the next moment Jack was in his arms. "Do you know, Frank?" Jack queried. Frank drew her closer to him. A little later she allowed Frank to lead her into the house, where she undressed and went to bed, with him sitting beside her. She had made no inquiry about how he had arrived at such a moment. Jack had but one thought at this time, no others could enter her mind. The facts were that Frank had left England ten days before bringing Captain MacDonnell with him. He had a mission from his Government so as to make the trip possible. But more than anything else he felt he must see his wife. He had tried to write Jack, to tell her that he believed he had been unfair, that his obstinacy should never make an issue between them again. But it had all been so difficult to write and it must be so long before he could receive Jack's answer. Moreover, Frank wanted to bring Captain MacDonnell to the ranch to stay during his convalescence. Soon after Jack's departure he had gone over to France, as an act of expiation both to his wife and friend. There he had found Captain MacDonnell recovering, but infinitely depressed with the thought that he could no longer serve his country, but must be only a burden. On the arrival of his steamer in New York Lord Kent had wired Jim Colter, but Jim had thought it best not to speak to Jack until Frank was able to reach her. He had therefore sent him a wire telling of Vive's illness, and Frank had hurried west, leaving Captain MacDonnell with friends in New York city. CHAPTER XVII FAREWELL ABOUT a week later Captain MacDonnell arrived at the Rainbow Ranch accompanied by a man servant who waited upon him. He looked better than any of his friends had anticipated. Since there was so much sorrow in the world at the present time, Jack and Frank had made up their minds that they would not let their own influence other people more than they could avoid. Moreover, they had found each other again at just the right moment and were more devoted, more united than ever before. Frank explained his own change of attitude to his wife, but all the events of the past seemed small in comparison with their loss. It was Frieda who for a while seemed the more outwardly inconsolable. Actually the Professor came one day in distress to Jack herself. "My dear Jack, I don't know what I shall do with my little Frieda when you have gone home to England!" he exclaimed. For it had been decided that Jack and Jimmie were to return home when Frank did. "But you will both be coming over soon," Jack answered, showing no sign that it might be strange under the circumstances to expect her to comfort Frieda.