"How is the dear fellow ?" he asked.
Again the question troubled her.

She had not seen her father since that week-end, nearly six months ago, when she had ran down to see him because she wanted something from him.

"He felt my mother's death very deeply," she answered.

"But he's well enough in health." "Remember me to him," he said.

"And tell him I thank him for all those years of love and gentleness.