He seemed to like Mrs.Dawes.At any rate that feeling was wholesome.

His mother prayed and prayed for him, that he might not be wasted.

That was all her prayer--not for his soul or his righteousness, but that he might not be wasted.

And while he slept, for hours and hours she thought and prayed for him.
He drifted away from Miriam imperceptibly, without knowing he was going.
Arthur only left the army to be married.

The baby was born six months after his wedding.