"But she is happy now."
"Oh, yes, she has her husband. Philip is very good, he suits Marjory. Yes, she is quite happy now, and I am not miserable—you mustn't think it. I know in whom I have believed."
Her eyes were raised to the sky overhead.
"I know He won't fail me. Some day Gerald and I shall meet."
"Some day, assuredly," answered Carr.
"And in the meantime, I am not unhappy, only I don't intend ever to forget. Nor shall she."
"One question," said Carr. "Have you heard news lately of Mrs. Wyndham's father?"
"I believe he has recovered. He never comes here. I must own I have a great antipathy to Valentine's father. I don't want to hear of him nor to think of him."
"I can understand that. Still, if it will not trouble you greatly I should like to ask you a question or two with regard to him. He was very ill, at the—at the time, wasn't he?"
"He was very ill, mentally, he was quite off his head for several months."