`Please don't ask me, Cecil, I cannot tell you. Poor Sir Simon! I owe him a great deal. Yes, don't laugh, Cecil, I really do. He made me see what Life is, and what Death means, and why Love is stronger than both.'

The Duke rose and kissed his wife lovingly. `You can have your secret as long as I have your heart,' he said softly.

`You have always had that, Cecil.'

`And you will tell our children some day, won't you?'

Virginia blushed.

The End