17/60 She won't be there much anyhow, will she ?" "Not much, but how I shall miss her--and, of course, if I miss her, I'll miss Archibald even more, because he gives me no anxiety. It's odd," she finished abruptly, "but I've been depressed all day. I suppose my birthday has something to do with it." "You ain't often like that, Gabriella. I never saw anybody keep in better spirits than you do." "I'm happy, but the spring makes me restless. I feel as if I'd missed something I ought to have had." "All of us feel that way at times, I reckon, but it don't last, and we settle down comfortably after a while to doin' without what we haven't got. |