," he said impetuously, "if you will
telegraph yours to your paper."

"You are feeling ill and worried this morning, Lord Donal, and so you
take a pessimistic view of life. You must not resign."

"Oh, but I must. I have failed, and that is enough."

"It isn't enough. You must do nothing until you reach London."

"I like your word _must_, Jennie," said the young man audaciously. "It
implies something, you know."

"What does it imply, Lord Donal?" she asked, glancing up at him.

"It implies that you are going to leave the 'Lord' off my name."

"That wouldn't be very difficult," replied Jennie.

"I am delighted to hear you say so," exclaimed his lordship; "and now,
that I may know how it sounds from your dear lips, call me Don."

"No; if I ever consented to omit the title, I should call you Donal. I
like the name in its entirety."

He reached his hand across the table. "Are you willing then, to accept a
man at the very lowest ebb of his fortunes? I know that if I were of
the mould that heroes are made of, I would hesitate to proffer you a
blighted life. But I loved you the moment I saw you; and, remembering my
fruitless search for you, I cannot run the risk of losing you again; I
have not the courage."

She placed her hand in his and looked him, for the first time, squarely
in the eyes.

"Are you sure, Donal," she said, "that I am not a mere effigy on which
you are hanging the worn-out garments of a past affection? You thought I
was the Princess at first."

"No, I didn't," he protested. "As soon as I heard you speak, I knew you
were the one I was destined to meet."

"Ah, Donal, Donal, at lovers' perjuries they say Jove laughs. I don't
think you were quite so certain as all that. But I, too, am a coward,
and I dare not refuse you."

Lord Donal glanced quickly about him; the room was still crowded. Even
the Berlin Express gave them a long time for breakfast, and was in no
hurry to move westward. His hurried gaze returned to her and he sighed.

"What an unholy spot for a proposal!" he whispered; "and yet they call
Russia the Great Lone Land. Oh, that we had a portion of it entirely to
ourselves!"

The girl sat there, a smile on her pretty lips that Lord Donal thought
most tantalizing. A railway official announced in a loud voice that the
train was about to resume its journey. There was a general shuffling of
feet as the passengers rose to take their places.

"Brothers and sisters kiss each other, you kno