"Without a frown or a hostile look?"
"Unless you provoke it."
Norman ate in silence for five minutes, listening to Barbara's girlish chatter while she bubbled over with the spirit of pure joy. Her whole being radiated fun and laughter as the sun pours forth heat and light. He wondered where this magic secret of joyous womanhood had been hidden in the past.
"What a revelation you've been to me this morning," he said, musingly, as he rose from the table.
"How?" she asked.
"I thought you were all seriousness and tragedy, eloquence and pathos."
"We're in paradise now. The shadows have lifted."
"And I find you a little ray of dancing sunlight."
"So every girl would be if she had the chance."
"And we're going to give them the chance here, little comrade!" he cried, with enthusiasm.