"The rest and quiet"—began Tredennis.
"I think she had determined to be better," said the professor.
"Determined?" repeated Tredennis.
"She has a strong will," returned the professor, "though it is a thing she is never suspected of. She does not suspect herself of it, and yet she has relied upon its strength from the first, and is relying upon it now. I am convinced that she went away with the determination to conquer a restlessness whose significance she is just awakening to. And she deliberately chose nature and the society of her children as the best means of cure."
"Do you think," asked Tredennis, in a low voice, "that she will get over it?"
The professor turned to look at him.
"I don't know," he answered, with a slight tone of surprise. "Why did you fancy I would?"
"You seem to understand her," said Tredennis.
The professor sighed.