"Well, let me see.

She was not at church--she never went there, you remember; but of course she was curious to hear about you, and I had no sooner got home than she came to me and said, 'Was he there ?' 'Yes,' I said.

'Is he much changed ?' she asked.

'He has a beard,' I said.

'You know that is not what I really mean,' she said, and then I said, 'I don't think he is so much changed that it is impossible to recognize him again.'" Tommy interrupted her: "Now what did you mean by that ?" "I meant that I thought you were a little annoyed to find the congregation looking at Gavinia's baby more than at you!" "Grizel, you are a wretch, but perhaps you were right.