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`Dear Cecil! I have no secrets from you.'

`Yes, you have,' he answered, smiling, `you have never told me what happened to you when you were locked up with the ghost.'

`I have never told any one, Cecil,' said Virginia gravely. `I know that, but you might tell me.'

`Please don't ask me, Cecil, I cannot tell you. Poor Sir Simon! I owe him a great deal. Yes, don't laugh, Cecil, I really do. He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.'

The Duke rose and kissed his wife lovingly.

`You can have your secret as long as I have your heart,' he murmured.

`You have always had that, Cecil.'

`And you will tell our children some day, won't you?'

Virginia blushed.