"There is no better than it and now. What behaved well in the past or behaves well to-day is not such a wonder.
"The wonder is always and always how there can be a mean man or an infidel."
He turned round to speak to Peter, then saw that he had his hand on Millie's shoulder, she seated at the table, looking up and smiling at him.
Millie and Peter? Why not? Only that would be needed to complete his happiness, his wonderful, miraculous happiness.