"I get a bit down in the mouth sometimes when 'e goes off into one of 'is brown studies, and I don't seem to know what 'e's thinking about.

But it don't last long.

I was always one of the light-'earted ones." They discussed life on two thousand a year; the problems it would present; and Mrs.Phillips became more cheerful.

Joan laid herself out to be friendly.

She hoped to establish an influence over Mrs.Phillips that should be for the poor lady's good; and, as she felt instinctively, for poor Phillips's also.