undergone some strange transformation; was no longer the reckless,
dissipated, young fellow who for months had been as her very shadow.

"I am going to-night, Evelyn," he said with sudden determination.

She gave a half smothered cry.

"To-night! To-night!" she repeated.

He changed his position uncomfortably.

"I am at the end of my string, Evelyn," he said slowly.

"I--I shall miss you dreadfully, Jack! You know I am frightfully
unhappy; what will it be when you go? Marsh has made a perfect wreck of
my life!"

"Nonsense, Evelyn!" he replied bruskly. "You must be careful what you
say to me!"

"I haven't been careful before!" she asserted.

He bit his lips. She went swiftly on.

"I have told you everything! I don't care what happens to me--you know I
don't, Jack! I am deadly desperately tired!" She paused, then she cried
vehemently. "One endures a situation as long as one can, but there comes
a time when it is impossible to go on with the falsehood any longer, and
I have reached that time! It is my life, my happiness that are at
stake!"