Under the influence of this large charity, she forgot her habitual reserve, and came forward as Philip entered to meet him with her new year's wishes--wishes that she had previously interchanged with the other two.
'A happy new year to you, Philip, and may God have you in his keeping all the days thereof!' He took her hand, and shook it warmly in reply.

The flush on her cheek deepened as she withdrew it.

Alice Rose said something curtly about the lateness of the hour and her being much tired; and then she and her daughter went upstairs to the front chamber, and Philip and Coulson to that which they shared at the back of the house..