I'll go down the garden, through the bushes," he said....
"Mother, I've got nearer you to-night than in all the rest of my life." She kissed him fondly.

"You're going away, but I hope you'll come back in time." He knew she meant Junia.
"Yes, I hope I'll come back in time." A moment later he was gone, out of the sidedoor, through the bushes, and down the hill, running like a boy.

He had for the first time talked to his mother about the life of their home; the facts she told him stripped away the curtain that hid the secret things of life from his eyes.
John Grier almost burst upon his wife.

He opened and shut the door noisily; he stamped into the dusky room.
"Isn't it time for a light ?" he said with a quizzical nod towards her.
The short visit of Carnac had straightened her back.

"I like the twilight.