'I know she is very strong,' I said.

'She is very seldom ill, and she can take quite long walks still.' "Thank God for it,' said my father, evidently pleased with my interest in my grandmother.

And although it was true that already I was beginning to love her much more than formerly, still my father's manner gave me again the miserable feeling that I was gaining credit which I did not deserve.
"More than a week passed after this without my seeing my grandmother.

It was not a happy week for me.

I felt quite unlike my old light-hearted self.