And she kissed him and fingered his body, till at last, feeling he would go mad, he got away from her.

It was not what he wanted just then--not that.

And she thought she had soothed him and done him good.
December came, and some snow.

He stayed at home all the while now.
They could not afford a nurse.

Annie came to look after her mother; the parish nurse, whom they loved, came in morning and evening.