“I know. One cannot. I believe it is because of the vibrations. I suppose——” Ruth hesitated. “Can you tell me?”
“What he said? It—it seems so ridiculous. One expected it would be something important, something—well, different.”
She laughed, looking at him with affection, with that wonderful look of pure friendliness.
“But why should it?”
He laughed too—joyously. As he had not laughed since boyhood. Surely again the world was full of wonder and of glory. Again all things were possible, in the light of the Horizon beyond Eternity.
“He said—just as he used to, you know—‘Come on, old Roger!’”
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
- Table of [Contents] added by transcriber.
- Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
- P. [87], changed '“She is really an excellent worker,” and little Miss Luce' to '“She is really an excellent worker,” said little Miss Luce'.
- The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.