"Do you think that long?"
"Yes. That seems a very long while to me."
"It is soon gone."
"Too soon."
"Then comes the night and then the morning and then you 'll bring him home."
"Then I 'll bring him home."
What a new meaning that word home had when it fell from her lips. What a new meaning everything had.
She turned aside to address some one in the room and then her voice came in complaint.
"The nurse is here with my medicine."
"Then close your eyes and swallow it quickly. I 'll telephone you later and inquire how it tasted."