They were her brothers, he reminded himself, and his heart warmed toward them.

How they loved each other, the members of this family! There flashed into his mind the picture of her mother, of the kiss of greeting, and of the pair of them walking toward him with arms entwined.

Not in his world were such displays of affection between parents and children made.

It was a revelation of the heights of existence that were attained in the world above.

It was the finest thing yet that he had seen in this small glimpse of that world.