head ever since I heard it:--

'Surely we knew it long before;
Knew all along that he was made
For a swift radiant morning; for
A sacrificing swift night shade.'

"I _can't_ write all I feel about it. Besides, I'm hoping your pain
may be eased a little now; and I don't want to wake it up again.

"But not even these two big things--not even your Birthday--are my
reallest reason for writing this particular letter to my
Bracelet-Bound Brother. _Do_ you remember? Have you kept it, Roy?
Does it still mean anything to you? It does to me--though I've
never mentioned it and never asked any service of you. _But_--I'm
going to, now. Not for myself. Don't be afraid! It's for Uncle
Nevil--and I ask it in Aunt Lilamani's name.

"Roy, when I came home, the change in him made me miserable. He's
never really got over losing her. And you've been sort of lost
too--for the time being. I can see how he's wearing his heart out
with wanting you: though I don't suppose he has ever said so. And
you--out there, probably thinking he doesn't miss you a mite. I
_know_ you--and your ways. Also I know him--which is my ragged
shred of excuse for rushing in where an angel would probably think
better of it!

"He has been an angel to me ever since I got back; and it seems to
cheer him up when I run round here. So I do--pretty often. But I'm
not Roy! And perhaps you'll forgive my bold demand, when I tell you
Aunt Jane's looming--positively _looming_! She's becoming a perfect
ogre of sisterly solicitude. As he won't go to London, she's
threatening to cheer him up by making the dear Beeches her
headquarters after the season! And he--poor darling--with not
enough spirit in him to kick against the pricks. If _you_ were
coming, he would have an excuse. Alone--he's helpless in her
conscientious talons!

"If _that_ won't bring you, nothing will--not even my bracelet
command.

"I _know_ the journey in June will be a nightmare. And you won't
like leaving Indian friends or Miss Arden. But think--here he is
alone, wanting what only you can give him. And the bangle I sent
you That Day--_if_ you've kept it--gives me the right to say
'Come--_quickly_.' It may be a wrench. But I promise you won't
regret it. Wire, if you can.