The heavy, stolid face had changed since she had last seen it.

It was finer, keener, than before.

The eyes, so often dull, were lighted up with a new, strange fire.
"She's much better," said Thomas again, as if insisting against Mrs.
Murray's unbelief.
"I am glad to hear it, Thomas," she said, gently.

"She will soon be quite well again, I hope, for she has had a long, long time of suffering." "Yes, a long, long time," replied Thomas.

His face was pale, and in his eyes was a look of pain, almost of fear.
"And you will come to see her soon ?" he added.