And there came to her father occasional moods of anxiety.

He remembered Bruce's grim remarks about those "simple" schools and clothes, the kind that always cost the most.

And he began to realize what Bruce's existence must have been.

For scarcely ever in their talks did Edith speak of anything outside of her family.

Night after night, with a tensity born of her struggle with her grief, she talked about her children.
And Roger was in Bruce's place, he was the one she planned with.