"Or glad?"

"I'm always that."

"This came yesterday while I was in Prouty, and I volunteered to deliver it. I thought it might be important." She handed him a telegram.

"That was good of you." His face softened a little, and still more as he read the message.

He passed it to Helene:

Will you come home if I tell you I was wrong and want you?

Aunt Mary.

Wallie mused softly:

"It must have been hard for her to write that."

"Will you go?" Helene asked, quickly.