...him silently up the path and into the house. Jack helped his mother up the steps and into the study. She dropped into a chair and covered her face with her hands. Her pride, that had kept her tears back so long, was broken at last. The preacher with a gesture drew...

...with a violent inclination to laugh. Her sensitive face quivered in the attempt to control herself. She dropped into a chair and covered her face with her hands. The gentlemen looked at her, and then at each other. Each waited for the other to speak. It was a deadlock....

...the strain she had put upon herself. " I did n't mean — I did n't suppose — " she faltered. Then she dropped into a chair and covered her face with her hands. Lorimer turned to the door again, halted irresolutely, then went back to her side. " I can't go away...

..." " But I really thought you would never come back," Lucilla repeated. She was immensely relieved. She dropped into a chair and covered her face with her hands. The action and attitude forcibly reminded him of another time, when she had sat just so in the drawing-room...

...She broke off hysterically. " To think that Oh, Susan, how could you, how could you ! " And this time she dropped into a chair and covered her face with her hands. But she was laughing. Very plainly she was laughing. Susan frowned, stared, and frowned again. " Then...

...broke off hysterically. "To think that — Oh, Susan, how could you, how could you!" And this time she dropped into a chair and covered her face with her hands. But she was laughing. Very plainly she was laughing. Susan frowned, stared, and frowned again. "Then...