But--is there any message ?" "No, thank you.

There's no--message." The voice hesitated, then went on a little constrainedly.

"How--how is Billy this morning?
She--she's all right, isn't she ?" Aunt Hannah laughed in obvious amusement.
"Bless your dear heart, yes, my boy! Has it been such a _long_ time since last evening--when you saw her yourself?
Yes, she's all right.

In fact, I was thinking at the breakfast table how pretty she looked with her pink cheeks and her bright eyes.

She seemed to be in such high spirits." An inarticulate something that Aunt Hannah could not quite catch came across the line; then a somewhat hurried "All right.