44/49 Now come, let's cheer up, and go look at some more gravestones." "I guess I'd rather go home," said Lois, faintly. You mustn't go home with your eyes red, your aunt will think I've been scolding you." Francis looked down at her with smiling gentleness. He was a handsome young man with a pale straight profile, his face was very steady and grave when he was not animated, and his smile occasioned a certain pleasant surprise. He was tall, and there was a boyish clumsiness about his shoulders in his gray coat. He reached out with a sudden impulse, and took Lois' little thin hand in his own with a warm clasp. |