with me and Mousey, dear little--pal?"

And three days later they began their trip, while Travers returned to
Helen. It was a charming trip the girls made, but their hearts were
elsewhere.

In October they were in New York again, and the inevitable happened.
Margaret was returned to her world, and, for the moment, was absorbed.
Priscilla lost sight of her, though she heard constantly from her by
telephone or delicately worded notes.

A sad occurrence kept Richard Travers abroad. Helen contracted fever and
for weeks lay between life and death. Doctor Ledyard waited until the
danger was past, and then left the two together in Paris, while Helen
recovered, with Travers to watch and care for her.

The letters that came to Priscilla were all that kept her eyes shining
and her heart singing.

"I shall go on as usual," she wrote to Richard. "When you come, then
we'll make the wonderful announcement. I see now that we have no right to
our secret alone; but with the ocean between us, it is best."

During those months Priscilla learned to know Helen Travers through
Travers's letters. Woman-like, she read between the lines and caught a
glimpse of Helen's nobility and simple sweetness. Her loved ones were so
sacred to her that no personal demands could ever cause her to raise
objections. Once she was sure that they she worshipped wanted anything
for their true happiness, her energies were bent to that end.