It is a very bitter thing to disillusionize the person to whom one is a hero." She looked at him quickly.
"You are speaking of your mother?
You are thinking of your mother ?" He bent his head.
For a space neither spoke.

Vaguely, and in distant accompaniment to their thoughts, each was conscious of the hum of traffic and of the softly crackling fire; then at last Enid stirred, and with a gesture full of comprehension, her fingers closed round Henderson's.
"Let me tell her the story!" she said, almost inaudibly.

"Take me with you--and let me tell her! We are both women, and--" Her head drooped slightly; and her face flushed.

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