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CHAPTER V— t—Next dayIgot such changes in my papersas were needful for the journey,andItook heronher homeward way. She did not resist. Shewas not in any wa}' sensible of where she went,and she was docile,like a gentle animal stunnedwith man}'blows.Her bodily health did notseem weak, though she was very feverish, andher pulses stopped at times in a strange way.The woman who had been with her wept atparting from her." Will she find him there ? " she asked." Nay, never there, nor anywhere,"Isaid;for who finds love afresh that oncehas been forsaken?She had had the clue and the sword, and she