herself out of the chamber. Left together in the darkness, their eyes
blinded by having looked on the flame, Albrecht and Erna drew close
together, and she clung to him as if he had saved her from some mighty
danger.
"Wilt thou that he go or stay?" Albrecht asked, the tenderness in his
voice showing her that he did not ask the question from any doubt of
her. "Do not dismiss him for fear I shall be troubled if he stay."
She led him to the window where the torches below shone strongly enough
for them to see each other's face, and there she looked into his eyes a
moment.
"What I desire," she said, "is that he go and leave us alone together as
we were before he came. Wilt thou not go down and receive his farewells?
I wish not to see him again."
He kissed her with fervor, and yet with something of solemnity in his
manner.
"We have forgiven each other," he said, "and now we will help each
other."
Then he went down to meet Count Stephen; and Erna, left alone, looked
out upon the lights of the courtyard with a sigh and yet with a great
peace and joy filling her breast.
THE END.
* * * * *
By the Author of "Albrecht."
POEMS.
=BERRIES OF THE BRIER.=
=SONNETS IN SHADOW.=
PROSE.
=A LAD'S LOVE.= A Story.
=PRINCE VANCE.= A Story of a Prince with a Court in his Box. By ELEANOR
PUTNAM and ARLO BATES. Illustrated by Frank Myrick.
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