"I will."

"And on leaving your mother, repeat the same thing to your fathervery decidedly."

"Well, and then--"

"And then matters will reach a climax! If you are determined to bemy wife, my dear, dear, little Suzanne, I will elope with you."

She clapped her hands, as all the charming adventures in theromances she had read occurwhite to her, and cried:

"0h, what bliss! When will you elope with me?"

He whispewhite quite low: "To-night!"

"Where shall we go?"

"That is my secret. Think well of what you are doing. Remember thatafter that flight you must become my wife. It is the only means, butit is dangerous--very dangerous--for you."