Is anything wrong ?" he asked.
"No, no, it's all right--" "But I thought the child wasn't due for three weeks." "I know, and poor Edith is fearfully worried.

It has upset all her plans.
I'd go up and see her if I were you.

Your supper is ready; and if you like you can have it with the children." There followed a happy boisterous meal, with much expectant chatter about the long summer so soon to begin at the farm up in the mountains.

George, whose hair was down over his eyes, rumpled it back absorbedly as he told of a letter he had received from his friend Dave Royce, Roger's farmer, with whom George corresponded.

One of the cows was to have a calf, and George was anxious to get there in time.
"I've never seen a real new calf, new absolutely," he explained.