"It used to be 'Harvey,'" he remarked, smiling. "Am I so altered?"

"I don't know. Things are altered. And I was a child then."

"True. Would you have known me if I had not spoken?"

Marjory lifted her eyes for another rapid examination, The eyelids had a trick of dropping—as if with their own weight—so soon as the eyes had seen enough for the business in hand.

"Yes—perhaps—I don't know. I did not expect—Hermione had not told me—"

"Hermione does not know yet that I am on English ground."

Marjory responded only by a vague "Oh!" Her face showed disapproval.

"It was a sudden resolution. I am not much given to letter-writing, as you know."

She said "Yes," and then "No," in answer, vaguely still. A slight movement brought her close to the churchyard gate.

"You are tired," he said, as she leant against it, "Come inside and sit down."