"It was all one family once, if I may say so, and there is only Martha and me." She had straightened as she saw him coming and then, remembering that she was in Martha's room, and he Martha's brother, she held out her hand.

"No, Stephen, I am very glad.

I was only a little startled.

It is a long time since I saw you, but I remember you quite well, and you have not changed.

A little grayer perhaps.