She who was sometimes inclined, perhaps, to carry herself a little haughtily in her mother's drawing-room, was here only anxious to share in the genial atmosphere of friendliness which the general tone of her surroundings seemed to demand.
"Well, what was the final result of your efforts towards companionship ?" she enquired, after they had praised the chicken enthusiastically and the wave of service had momentarily ebbed kitchenwards.
"They have led me to only one conclusion," he answered swiftly.
"Which is ?" "That if you remain on Exmoor and I in Westminster, the affairs of this country are not likely to prosper." She laughed softly.
"As though I made any real' difference!" Then she saw a transformed man.

The firm mouth suddenly softened, the keen bright eyes glowed.

A light shone out of his worn face which few had ever seen there.
"You make all the difference," he whispered.

"You of your mercy can save me from the rocks.

I have discovered very late in life, too late, many would say, that I cannot build the temples of life with hands and brain alone.