I guess that's all, Miss Cameron." "This friend--what was his name ?" "Carlisle--Jimmie Carlisle.

But his name could never have meant anything to you.

Besides, he's dead now." Maggie forced herself on.

"Your plan--it turned out all right?
And you--you are happy ?" "Yes." In the sympathetic atmosphere which this young girl's presence created for him, Joe's emotions flowed into words more freely than ever before in the company of a human being.

Though he was answering her, what he was really doing was rather just letting his heart use its long-silent voice, speak its exultant dream and belief.
"Somewhere out in the world--I don't know where, and I don't want to know--my daughter has now grown into a wholesome, splendid young woman!" he said in a vibrant voice.