That is glorious.

I hardly even hoped I could get a commission for some months to come.

Don't look sad, mother," he said, running round and kissing her.

"I shan't be going out of England yet, you know; and now the war is over you need have no fear of my getting killed, and a few months sooner or later cannot make much difference." "I shall bear it in time, Ralph," his mother said, trying to smile through her tears.

"But it comes as a shock just at first." The sight of his mother's tears sobered Ralph for a time, and during supper the conversation was chiefly supported by Mr.Penfold, who joked Ralph about his coming back in a few years a general without arms or legs; and was, indeed, so cheerful and lively that Mabel could scarcely believe her ears, so wholly unlike was he to the quiet friend she had known as long as she could remember.