"You still trying?" asked Toby, a little curious note of laughter in her voice.
"I shan"t keep on much longer," he returned, "unless I get what I want."
"There"d be a blue moon if you did!" remarked Toby impudently.
Saltash raised his head abruptly. "By Jupiter! There is one!" he said.
"Let"s go to her!"
Toby"s face shot upwards in a moment. "Where?"
Her eyes sought the skylight above them and the dim mysterious blue of the night. His came down to her in a flash, dwelt upon her, caressed her, drew her.
She turned sharply and looked at him. "Charles Rex!" she said reproachfully.
He took her pointed chin and laughed down at her. His eyes, one black, one grey, shone with a great tenderness, holding hers till they widened and shone back with a quick blue flame in answer.
Then: "As I was saying," remarked Charles Rex royally "when I was interrupted some six months ago--I have never yet refused--a gift from the G.o.ds."
"But you"ve taken your time over accepting it, haven"t you?" said Toby, with a chuckle.
He bent to her. "Let"s go!" he said again.
THE END