turned and went back through the hedge.
Dick helped Evalani out and found that she could stand on her feet, and even walk, though with considerable stiffness. For a moment he took her into his arms. "Tonight and tomorrow morning you must rest," he said. "Tomorrow afternoon, at four o'clock, I am coming to see you and we are going to talk about a great many things, and I am going to do the most of the talking, and about all that you will have to do will be to agree. Now, good-night, Sweetheart," and for one long moment their lips met and all the sweetness of a lifetime seemed concentrated in that one moment of exquisite contact.
