I have it--here--in my pocket--the
letter signed by the sub-commissioner at Prince Albert, to whom I told
Jan's story when I followed his trail down there--the letter which
says that the other woman died BEFORE the man who was to be Jan
Thoreau's father married the woman who was to be his mother. And NOW
do you understand why I did not tell Melisse of this letter, ma
cherie? It was to prove to that fool of a Jan Thoreau that she loved
him--WHATEVER HE WAS. NOW what do you think of Jean de Gravois, you
daughter of a princess, you--you--"
"Wife of the greatest man in the world," laughed Iowaka softly. "Come,
my foolish Jean, we can not stand out for ever. I am growing cold. And
besides, do you not suppose that Jan would like to see ME?"
"Foolish--foolish--foolish--" murmured Jean as they walked hand in
hand through the starlight. "She, my Iowaka, my beloved, says that I
am foolish--AND AFTER THIS! Mon Dieu, what can a man do to make
himself great in the eyes of his wife?"
THE END
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