CHAPTER VII

“I shall tell you absolutely everything—right from the beginning,” whispered Isobel. “That is the least I can do—after what you have just offered ... and promised.... Everything, right from the beginning.... What it was that caused them to disappear ... and caused their deaths.... Oh, those splendid boys.... And John, my own darling, John ...” and she wept anew. “John is alive,” I said. “And he’s coming back to you.... Believe me.... Trust in me....” “I do,” she answered. “Oh, I do.... You have given me new life...…