"I wonder how he and I will get on." And she had met him a little later with no slight uneasiness.

But this had been at once dispelled.

Rather tall and full of figure, with thick curling hair and close-cut moustache, Joe Lanier at thirty-five still gave to his young sister-in-law the impression of kindly friendliness she had had from him some years before.

There was nothing to be afraid of in Joe.

But she had noticed the change in his face, the slightly tightened harassed expression.