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"There was a girl I loved," said Peter softly, "who did not love me."
"And you love her still?"
"I have no right to."
"She is married?"
"Yes."
"Will you tell me about it?"
"I--I would rather not."
Miss De Voe sat quietly for a moment, and then rose. "Dear friend," she
said, laying her hand on Peter's shoulder, "we have both missed the
great prize in life. Your lot is harder than the one I have told you
about. It is very,"--Miss De Voe paused a moment,--"it is very sad to
love--without being loved."
And so ended Lispenard's comedy.


CHAPTER XXXI.
CONFLICTS.

Lispenard went back with Peter to the city. He gave his reason on the
train:
"You see I go back to the city occasionally in the summer, so as to make
the country bearable, and then I go back to the country, so as to make
the city endurable. I shall be in Newport again in a week. When will you
come back?"
"My summering's over."
"Indeed. I thought my cousin would want you again!"
"She did not say so.


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