His attitude relaxed.

He turned to Violet with troubled eyes.

"No, they are not dreams; they are things which need to be done.

But I can't realise them now, with you sitting here, any more than I can realise, with this music in my ears, that it is my home to which I am going back." "Oh, but you will!" cried Violet.

"When you are out there you will.
There's the road, too, the road which you and Mr.Linforth--" She did not complete the sentence.