And suddenly something happened to Aunt Jane. She sat up, very straight; the muslin cap radiated lines of dignity about a disturbed face. "I guess maybe we weren't talking about the same thing!" she said quickly.... "Miss Canfield told me she's going out to see your garden this afternoon."
"Yes—she's going with Julian." He spoke with satisfaction and a significance under-ran the words and laughed at her.
Aunt Jane gave a startled gesture——
"Oh!" she said.
Then, after a minute: "Oh!"
Something had collapsed in her. She was gazing at the ruins, a little bewildered.
Herman Medfield watched her and smiled. "You hadn't thought of that!" he said quietly.
"Well—" she made the slide gracefully and recovered herself. "No, I hadn't thought of just—that!"
She looked at him over her glasses. "It's a good thing!" she announced.