'Can't you guess?'
The two men stopped and looked each other full in the face, and then resuming his walk, Montgomery said:
'Yes, it's so; she told me in the train coming up from Leamington.'
Tears glittered in Dick's eyes, and he became in that moment all pity, kindness, and good-nature.
'Oh, the poor dear! Why didn't she tell me that before? And I'd scolded her for ill-temper.'
His humanity was as large as his fat, and although he had never thought of the joys of paternity, now, in the warmth of his sentiments, he melted into one feeling of rapture. After a pause, he said:
'I think I'd better go back and see her.'
'Yes, I think you'd better; fix a day for your marriage.'
'Of course.'
Nothing further was said; each absorbed in different thoughts the two men retraced their steps, and when they arrived at the door, Montgomery said: