11/15 We had no secrets to talk; we should not have minded you a bit." "I _did_ hear that they had arrived," he answers, still speaking ungraciously, "but even if I had not, I should not have come!" I look up in his face, and laugh. "What is the use of going to a place where you are told that _any one else_ will do as well ?" A pause. I walk along in silent wonderment. So he actually was happy again! We have left the church-yard. |