His Love Story by Marie Van Vorst

It took the better part of three evenings to answer her letter, and / the writing of it gave Sabron a vast amount of pleasure and some / tender sorrow. It made him feel at once so near to this lovely woman / and at once so far away. In truth there is a great difference / between a spahi on an African desert, and a young American heiress / dreaming in her chintz-covered bedroom in a château in the Midi of / France.

Notwithstanding, the young American heiress felt herself as much / alone in her chintz-covered bedroom and as desolate, perhaps more so, / than did Sabron in his tent. Julia Redmond felt, too, that she was / surrounded by people hostile to her friend.