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And Cecily ? Well, she did not wear a parka, nor 

 yet a khaki suit, but she looked every inch a beautiful 

 Diana all the' same. 



It was all over they had gone ! I had waved 

 " Good-bye " to the ship which took the bride and 

 bridegroom to San Francisco. 



The bizarre hotel room looked hideously forsaken. 

 A pair of Cecily's gloves lay on the table, a half- 

 smoked cigar of Ralph's hung on the edge of the 

 mantelpiece. Heavens ! What a dreary hotel ! 

 What a great city full of unknown people ! What 

 a crowd of uninterested busy creatures ! Why had I 

 ever come ? Were the most wondrous trophies in all 

 the world worth the price of so great a loneliness ? 



The handle of the door turned, and the Leader of 

 the expedition that was stood in the doorway. His 

 eyes were smiling, smiling. 



Perhaps, perhaps, I'm not so very lonely after all. 



THE END 



