"Peter," he muttered, "this has been a great day." He gazed solemnly at the flags.
Patience regarded him poignantly. With a stricture at the heart she thought:
"He has grown old fast since yesterday." Then joyously the elderly wife cried out upon herself: "But I am young! He shall have all my youth. I've got enough for two—and strength!"
She crept beside him and laid her warm cheek to his.
THE END