She brightened instantly. "We'll go up to Switzerland?"

"We'll go up to Switzerland." He had a fleeting glimpse of the quiet

place with the green water-fall, where he might have made tryst with his

vision; then he turned his mind from it and said: "We'll go just where

you want. How soon can you be ready to start?"

"Oh, to-morrow--the first thing to-morrow! I'll make Celeste get out

of bed now and pack. Can we go right through to St. Moritz? I'd rather

sleep in the train than in another of these awful places."

She was on her feet in a flash, her face alight, her hair waving and

floating about her as though it rose on her happy heart-beats.

"Oh, Ralph, it's SWEET of you, and I love you!" she cried out, letting

him take her to his breast.

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