est time for the
person who will come to call?"

Anna hesitated. "I don't know," she said helplessly. "The marriage is to
be at twelve, and before then there will be a great deal of coming and
going at the Trellis House."

"Is it necessary for you to attend the bridal?" he asked.

Anna shook her head. "No," she said, "I do not think so; I shall not be
missed." There was a tone of bitterness in her voice.

"Then the best thing will be for your visitor to come during the
marriage ceremony. That marriage will draw away all the busybodies. And
it is not as if your visitor need stay long----"

"Not more than a very few minutes," she said eagerly, and then, "Will it
be the same gentleman who came three years ago?"

"Oh, no; it will be someone quite different. He will come in a motor,
and I expect a Boy Scout will be with him."

A gleam of light shot across Anna's mind. But she made no remark, and
her host went on:

"You realise that great care must be taken of those things. In fact, you
had better leave it all to him."

"Oh, yes," she nodded understandingly. "I know they are fragile. I was
told so."

It was extraordinary the relief she felt--more than relief, positive
joy.

"As to the other matter--the matter of your returning to Germany," he
said musingly, still speaking in his and her native language, "I think,
yes, on the whole your idea is a good one, Frau Bauer. It is shameful
that it should be so, but England is no place at present for an honest
German woman who has not taken out her certificate. I wonder if you are
aware that you will only be allowed to take away a very little money?
You had better perhaps confide the rest of your savings to me. I will
take care of them for you till the end of the War."

"Very little money?" repeated Anna, in a horrified, bewildered tone.
"What do you mean, Herr Hegner? I do not understand."

"And yet it is clear enough," he said calmly. "The British Government
will not allow anyone going to the Fatherland to take more than a very
few pounds--just enough to get them where they want to go, and a mark or
two over. But that need not distress you, Frau Bauer."

"But it does distress me very much!" exclaimed Anna. "In fact, I do not
see now how I can go----" She began to cry. "Are you sure--quite
sure--of what you say?"

"Yes, I am quite sure," he spoke rather grimly. "Well, if you feel in
that way, there is nothing more to be said. You will either stay with
your present