oath with me?"

"Yes."

"This is the oath: I swear before God that I love you more than any one
else on earth; more than any one else in the universe."

She repeated: "I swear before God that I love you more than any one else
on earth; more than any one else in the universe!"

Maurice held her blond head against his breast, quivering through flesh
and spirit. That was the moment of life. What was conquering the dense
resistance of material things, or coming off victor in bouts with men?
The moment of life is when the infinite sea opens before the lover.

The heart of the island held them like the heart of Allah. The pines
sang around them.

"We must go on," spoke Lily. "It is so dark we can't see the Indian on
the trail."

"There isn't any Indian on the trail now," laughed Maurice. "You can
never frighten me with him again."

[Illustration: That was the moment of life 222]

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