“Well, among all your friends at school, and among all the people you met and knew afterwards, was there ever—was there ever one who was more than all the others—one girl or woman, I mean?”
Jimmy considered, then deliberately:
“You mean, in my school days and before I was forced to give up my work?”
She nodded.
“No,” said Jimmy readily. “Once or twice I thought there might be, but I soon found out that I was mistaken—of course I am glad now that I found it out.”
“But didn’t you, in all of your plans and dreams for your life and work—didn’t you ever include some one, didn’t you ever plan for a—for—well, for”—she finished triumphantly—“for two little boys like the Wheelers have?”
“I looked forward in a general way to a home and children, as I think every man does,” he answered.
She caught him up eagerly:
“You really think that every man includes such things in his plans?”
“At least,” he replied, “I fail to see how any normal, right-thinking man can ignore such things in his life plans.”