“Yes?” prompted Miss Phyllisy.

“You know, Taffy had a young heart? It seems to me, he must have been always.”

That kept everybody silent for a moment, thinking about it. Then Pat’s voice came from among the pillows in the dusky corner of the couch: “Well—I hope to goodness he’ll like us!”

“I don’t see how he could help it,” said the Princess.

EPILOGUE

Come back, Little Katharines, still for a time to our glamour-world,

Ere our ship’s prow touches the daylight shore,

And her sails are furled.

The sun has gone on his way o’er the mountain’s rim;

The mighty Earth-shadow creeps slowly up from the East,