It was still early in the day when Leighton said:
"I shall call you Ann. You must call me Glen."
"Of course," answered Mrs. Leighton, and then wondered why it was "of course." "I suppose," she said aloud, "it's 'of course' because of Lew. I feel as though I were sitting here years ahead, talking to Lew when his head will be turning gray."
"Don't!" cried Leighton. "Don't say that! Lew travels a different road."
Mrs. Leighton looked up, surprised at his tone.
"Perhaps you don't see what we can see. Perhaps you don't know what you have done for Lew."
"I have done nothing for Lew," said Leighton, quickly. "If anything has been done for Lew, it was done in the years when I was far from him in body, in mind, and in spirit. Lew would have been himself without me. It is doubtful whether he would have been himself without you. I—I don't forget that."
CHAPTER XLVI
At four o'clock Leighton sent for Silas.
"Take the team home, Silas," he said. "We're going to walk. Come along,
Lew."