"Then you are colossal," said Columbine, smiling more freely.

Knight turned aside, and picked up the sketch-book he had laid upon the
table on entering. "Are you sure you are not rash?" he said, rather in
the tone of one making a remark than asking a question.

"Fairly sure," said Columbine.

She followed him. Perhaps he had foreseen that she would. She stood by
his side.

"May I see the latest?" she asked.

He opened the book and showed her a blank page. "That is the latest," he
said.

She looked at him interrogatively.

"I am waiting for my--inspiration," he said.

"I hope you will find it soon," she said.

He answered her with steady conviction. "I shall find it tonight by
moonlight at the Spear Point Rock."

Her face clouded a little. "I believe Adam is going to take you," she
said.

"What?" said Knight. "You are never going to let me down?"