She scarcely remembered him, or if she did, it was as one toward whom she was utterly indifferent.

He would not notice her.

He might not notice Willie, though yes, she rather thought he would like her boy; everybody did, and the young mother bent down to kiss her child, and so hide the blush called up by a remembrance of Irving Stanley's kindness on that sad journey to Terrace Hill.
Rapidly the few days went by, bringing at last the very morning when he was expected.

Brightly, warmly the April sun looked in upon Adah, wondering at the load upon her spirits.

She did not associate it with the doctor, nor with anything in particular.