"Please don't be so unhappy just now--" "I've a right to be!" said Roger.

"I see my house agog with this--in a turmoil--in a turmoil!" * * * * * But again he was mistaken.

It was in fact astonishing how the old house quieted down.

There came again one of those peaceful times, when his home to Roger's senses seemed to settle deep, grow still, and gather itself together.

Day by day he felt more sure that Deborah was succeeding in making her work fit into her swiftly deepening passion for a full happy woman's life.