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Shall
we go to her?"
He was struck by her nervous uneasiness. And he thought of the words
of the old Oriental, which had made upon him a profound impression,
perhaps because they had seemed spoken, not to the young Frenchman,
but in answer to unuttered thoughts of his own.
"Let us sit here for a minute," he said.
Hermione sat down again in silence. They talked for a little while
about trifling things. And then Artois was moved to tell her of the
conversation he had that evening overheard, to repeat to her, almost
word for word, what the old Oriental had said. When he had finished
Hermione was silent for a minute. Then she moved her chair and said,
in an unsteady voice:
"I don't think I should ever learn the lesson of the desert. Perhaps
only those who belong to it can learn from it."
"If it is so it is sad--for the others."
"Let us go and find Vere," she said.
"Are you sure she is on the cliff?" he asked, as they passed out by
the front door.
"I think so. I am almost certain she is.


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