"Oh, Jean, Jean, I'm glad you've come!" she cried, and pressed him close.

Jean felt in her a woman's anxiety for the present as well as affection for the past.

He remembered his aunt Mary, though he had not seen her for years.

His half brothers, Bill and Guy, had changed but little except perhaps to grow lean and rangy.

Bill resembled his father, though his aspect was jocular rather than serious.