CHAPTER X[ToC]
SON AND FATHER
When the Colonel had greeted Elena at breakfast next morning he quietly asked:
"You met Norman?"
"Yes."
"I shall be glad to see him when he comes."
Elena threw her arms impulsively around his neck.
"Now you're a darling! Now you're big and strong and good and great again—and I love you."
The Colonel stroked her hair slowly, and asked with a smile: