"No, I'm not that exactly; but I've got an idea—and that brightens one up a bit, you know."
"Any change does that," Christine admitted waspishly.
"I saw John for a minute. He looked a bit worried. Does he complain?"
"He hasn't complained to me."
"Oh, then it's all right, I suppose. And he says the business is all right, anyhow. How's the boy?"
"As merry and jolly as he can be."
"And Sibylla?"
"Yes, Sibylla too, as merry as possible."
"They both have been, you mean?"
"Yes, of course I do."