He dropped his gloves into his hat with a graceful gesture as he accepted a cup of tea, and then, turning to his hostess, said---- "It is indeed delightful to meet you after all these years; it seems to bring back old times so vividly.

And the years have dealt very gently with you, my dear friend.

I should have known you anywhere." It was not quite certain to Aunt Charlotte whether she could truthfully have returned the compliment.

There are some elderly people in whom it is the easiest thing in the world to recognise the features of their youth.

Allow for a little accentuation of facial lines, a little roughening of the skin, a little modification in the arrangement of the hair, and the face is virtually the same.