"Will it—to you?"
He regretted the question the moment it had been uttered. But it came to his lips unbidden.
"Of course," she answered.
"It will seem very long to me," he returned slowly. "Almost a lifetime."
"Perhaps you will telephone now and then."
"Very often, if I may."
"The nurse says she 'll not allow me to answer the telephone after nine at night."
"Nine to-night is a long way off yet."
"It's only half a day."
"But that's twelve hours!"