Perhaps she is--no longer with you," said Mrs.
Gwynne softly, laying her hand upon his.

Duckworth nodded, refusing to look at her and keeping his lips firmly pressed together.

"I was wrong in what I said just now," she continued.

"She is with you still; she knows and follows all your doings, and I believe she is proud of you." Duckworth cleared his throat and said with an evident effort, "You made me think of her to-day, and I simply had to play up.

I must go now.