The Trespasser

She looked at him with grave blue eyes and accepted his gift. Evidently

she was not going to say anything.

'The sea brought it all the way from the mainland without breaking it,'

said Helena, with the interesting intonation some folk use to children.

The girl looked at her.

'The waves put it out of their lap on to some seaweed with such careful

fingers--' The child's eyes brightened.

'The tide-line is full of treasures,' said Helena, smiling.

The child answered her smile a little.

Siegmund had walked away.

'What beautiful eyes she had!' said Helena.

'Yes,' he replied.

She looked up at him. He felt her searching him tenderly with her eyes.

But he could not look back at her. She took his hand and kissed it,

knowing he was thinking of his own youngest child.