? ? ? ? Only Jane knew what the loss meant to her father, and none there knew what it meant to her.
? ? ? ? Six days later Captain Dufranne announced that they would sail early on the morrow.
? ? ? ? Jane would have begged for a further reprieve, had it not been that she too had begun to believe that her forest lover would return no more.
? ? ? ? In spite of herself she began to entertain doubts and fears. The reasonableness of the arguments of these disinterested French officers commenced to convince her against her will.
? ? ? ? That he was a cannibal she would not believe, but that he was an adopted member of some savage tribe at length seemed possible to her.
? ? ? ? She would not admit that he could be dead. It was impossible to believe that that perfect body, so filled with triumphant life, could ever cease to harbor the vital spark--as soon believe that immortality were dust.
? ? ? ? As Jane permitted herself to harbor these thoughts, others equally unwelcome forced themselves upon her.
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