But when one day, very cautiously, Roger spoke to Edith of this, with a hard and jealous smile which quite transformed her features, she said, "Oh, I know all about that, father dear.

It's just a stage he's going through.

And it's the same way with Elizabeth, too, and her crazy idea of becoming a doctor.

She took that from Allan Baird, and George took his from Deborah! They'll get over it soon enough--" "They won't get over it!" Roger cried.

"Their dreams are parts of something new! Something I'm quite vague about--but some of it has come to stay! You're losing all your chances--just as I did years ago! You'll never know your children!" But he uttered this cry to himself alone.