entity. But Knight said good-bye, and
went away with his friends, giving the girl no chance for further talk
with him.

They did not meet again until--with the Countess de Santiago--Annesley
arrived at the obscure church chosen for the marriage ceremony. There Dr.
Torrance awaited them outside the door, and took charge of the bride,
while the Countess found her way in alone; and Annesley saw through the
mist of confused emotion her Knight of love and mystery waiting at the
altar.

During the ceremony that followed he made his responses firmly, his eyes
calling so clearly to hers that she answered with an almost hypnotized
gaze. His look seemed to seal the promise of his words. In spite of all
that was strange and secret and unsatisfying about him, she had no
regrets. Love was worth everything, and she could but believe that he
loved her. This strong conviction went with the girl to the vestry, and
made it easier to turn away when his name--his real name, which she,
though his wife, was not to know--was recorded by him in the book.

They parted from Torrance, Morello, and the Countess at the church door,
an arrangement which delighted Annesley. In the haste of making plans,
she and Knight had forgotten to discuss what they were to do after the
wedding and before their departure; but Knight had found time to decide
the matter.

"These people were the best material I could get hold of at a moment's
notice," he remarked, coolly, when he and Annesley were in the motor-car
he had hired for the journey to Devonshire. "We've used them because we
needed them. Now we don't need them any longer. It seems to me that a
newly married couple ought to keep only dear friends around them or no
one. Later we can repay these three for the favour they've done us, if
you call it a favour. Meanwhile, we'll forget them."

Knight had neglected no detail which could make for Annesley's comfort,
or save her from any embarrassment arising from the hurried wedding. Her
luggage had been packed by a maid in the hotel, and--all but the
dressing-bag and a small box made for an automobile--sent ahead by rail
to Devonshire. She and Knight were to travel in the comfortable limousine
which would protect them against weather. It did not matter, Knight said,
how long they were on the way.

At Exeter they would visit some good agency in search of a lady's maid.
Annesley said that she did not need a woman to wait on her, since she had
been accustomed no