"What! is the story ended?" asked Gertrude.
"Yes."
"Nay, surely the thousand years were not added to poor Ida's doom; andSeralim bore her back with him to Heaven?"
"The legend saith no more. The writer was contented to show us theperpetuity of woman's love--"
"And its reward," added Vane.
"It was not _I_ who drew that last conclusion, Albert," whisperedGertrude.