"Well, don't be gone over an hour, children," said Curly. "Cards don't
draw me like a good gab round the fire. And Diana's our best gabber."
"An hour's the bargain then," said Enoch. "Come along, Miss Allen!"
It was, indeed, glorious moonlight on the plateau. The two did not
speak until they reached the upper level, then Enoch laughed.
"Jove! This is the greatest luck a game of cards ever brought me!
Think, Diana, three days ago I was fighting my despair at the thought
that I must never see you again and that you despised me. And here I
am, with moonlight and you and a whole hour. Are you a little bit
glad, Diana?"
"A little bit! I'd be gladder if I weren't so disturbed at the thought
of the trip you are to begin to-morrow!"
"Nonsense, Diana! I'm learning more about my own Department every day.
Aren't they a fine lot of fellows? Milton scares me to death. I don't
doubt for a moment that if he tells me to dash to destruction in a
whirlpool, I shall do so. There's a chap that could exact obedience
from a mule. I'll look up his record when I get back to Washington."
"Shall you reveal your identity before you leave them?" asked Diana.
"No, certainly not! Not for worlds would I have them know who I am.
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