He made out the date quite easily now, impressed in the cardboard by the point of a pencil.

It was only a little more than a year old.

It was unaccountable why this discovery should affect him as it did.

He made no effort to measure or sound the satisfaction it gave him--this knowledge that the girl had stood so recently on that rock beside the pool.

He was beginning to personalize her unconsciously, beginning to think of her mentally as the Girl.