She began to tremble, and he tried to soothe her with his hand, but for many seconds he could find no words.
"What is it, Daddy ?" she whispered at last, unable to endure the silence longer.

"Won't you tell me?
I can be very brave.

You said so yourself." "Yes," he said.

"You will be a brave girl, I know." His voice quivered and he paused to steady it.

"Muriel," he said then, "I don't know if you have ever thought of the end of all this.