He had not seen her for months, because he had not dared to look.

And she looked like his young wife again.
"Have you seen her ?" Annie asked of him sharply after breakfast.
"Yes," he said.
"And don't you think she looks nice ?" "Yes." He went out of the house soon after.

And all the time he seemed to be creeping aside to avoid it.
Paul went about from place to place, doing the business of the death.

He met Clara in Nottingham, and they had tea together in a cafe, when they were quite jolly again.

She was infinitely relieved to find he did not take it tragically.
Later, when the relatives began to come for the funeral, the affair became public, and the children became social beings.