_ CHAPTER LVI. MRS. FLYNN SPEAKS
       CHARLEY left Jo Portugais behind, and went home alone. He watched at a window till he saw Rosalie return. As she passed quickly down the street with Mrs. Flynn to her own door, he observed that her face was happier than he had seen it for many a day. Her step was lighter, there was a freedom in her air, a sense of confidence in her carriage.
       She bore herself as one who had done a thing which relaxed a painful tension. There was a curious glow in her eyes and face, and this became deeper as, showing himself at the door, she saw him, smiled, and stood still. He came across the street and took her hand.
       "You have been away," she said softly. "For a few days," he answered.
       "Far?"
       "At Vadrome Mountain."
       "You have missed these last days of the Passion Play," she said, a shadow in her eyes.
       "I was present to-day," he answered.
       She turned away her head quickly, for the look in his eyes told her more than any words could have done, and Mrs. Flynn said:
       "'Tis a day for everlastin' mimory, sir. For the part she played this day, the darlin', only such as she could play! 'Tis the innocent takin' the shame o' the guilty, and the tears do be comin' to me eyes. 'Tis not ould Widdy Flynn's eyes alone that's wet this day, but hearts do be weepin' for the love o' God."
       Rosalie suddenly opened the door, and, without another look at Charley, entered the house.
       "'Tis one in a million!" said Mrs. Flynn, in a confidential tone, for she had a fixed idea that Rosalie loved Charley and that he loved her, and that the only thing that stood in the way of their marriage was religion. From the first Charley had conquered Mrs. Flynn. That he was a tailor was a pity and a shame, but love was love, and the man had a head on him and a heart in him; and love was love! So Mrs. Flynn said:
       "'Tis one that a man that's a man should do annything for, was it havin' the heart cut out uv him, or givin' the last drop uv his blood. Shure, for such as her, murder, or false witness, or givin' up the last wish or thought a man hugged to his boosom, would be as aisy as aisy."
       Charley laughed to himself, her purpose was so obvious, but his heart went out to her, for she was a friend, and, whatever came to him, Rosalie would not be alone.
       "I believe every word of yours," he said, shaking her hand, "and we'll see, you and I, that no man marries her who isn't ready to do what you say."
       "Would you do it yourself--if it was you?" she asked, flushing for her boldness.
       "I would," he answered.
       "Then do it," she said, and fled inside the house and shut the door.
       "Mrs. Flynn--good Mrs. Flynn!" he said, and went back sadly to his house, and shut himself up with his thoughts. When night drew on he went to bed, but he could not sleep. He got up after a time, and taking pen and paper, wrote for a long time. Having finished, he took what he had written, and placing it with the two packets-of money and pearls--which he had brought from his old home, he addressed it to the Cure, and going to the safe in the wall of the shop, placed them inside and locked the door.
       Then he went to bed, and slept soundly--the deep sleep of the just. _

Introduction
Chapter 1. The Way To The Verdict
Chapter 2. What Came Of The Trial
Chapter 3. After Five Years
Chapter 4. Charley Makes A Discovery
Chapter 5. The Woman In Heliotrope
Chapter 6. The Wind And The Shorn Lamb
Chapter 7. "Peace, Peace, And There Is No Peace"
Chapter 8. The Cost Of The Ornament
Chapter 9. Old Debts For New
Chapter 10. The Way In And The Way Out
Chapter 11. The Raising Of The Curtain
Chapter 12. The Coming Of Rosalie
Chapter 13. How Charley Went Adventuring And What He Found
Chapter 14. Rosalie, Charley, And The Man The Widow Plomondon Jilted
Chapter 15. The Mark In The Paper
Chapter 16. Madame Dauphin Has A Mission
Chapter 17. The Tailor Makes A Midnight Foray
Chapter 18. The Stealing Of The Cross
Chapter 19. The Sign From Heaven
Chapter 20. The Return Of The Tailor
Chapter 21. The Cure Has An Inspiration
Chapter 22. The Woman Who Saw
Chapter 23. The Woman Who Did Not Tell
Chapter 24. The Seigneur Takes A Hand In The Game
Chapter 25. The Colonel Tells His Story
Chapter 26. A Song, A Bottle, And A Ghost
Chapter 27. Out On The Old Trail
Chapter 28. The Seigneur Gives A Warning
Chapter 29. The Wild Ride
Chapter 30. Rosalie Warns Charley
Chapter 31. Charley Stands At Bay
Chapter 32. Jo Portugais Tells A Story
Chapter 33. The Edge Of Life
Chapter 34. In Ambush
Chapter 35. The Coming Of Maximilian Cour And Another
Chapter 36. Barriers Swept Away
Chapter 37. The Challenge Of Paulette Dubois
Chapter 38. The Cure And The Seigneur Visit The Tailor
Chapter 39. The Scarlet Woman
Chapter 40. As It Was In The Beginning
Chapter 41. It Was Michaelmas Day
Chapter 42. A Trial And A Verdict
Chapter 43. Jo Portugais Tells A Story
Chapter 44. "Who Was Kathleen?"
Chapter 45. Six Months Go By
Chapter 46. The Forgotten Man
Chapter 47. One Was Taken And The Other Left
Chapter 48. "Where The Tree Of Life Is Blooming--"
Chapter 49. The Open Gate
Chapter 50. The Passion Play At Chaudiere
Chapter 51. Face To Face
Chapter 52. The Coming Of Billy
Chapter 53. The Seigneur And The Cure Have A Suspicion
Chapter 54. M. Rossignol Slips The Leash
Chapter 55. Rosalie Plays A Part
Chapter 56. Mrs. Flynn Speaks
Chapter 57. A Burning Fiery Furnace
Chapter 58. With His Back To The Wall
Chapter 59. In Which Charley Meets A Stranger
Chapter 60. The Hand At The Door
Chapter 61. The Cure Speaks