"That you're the same little Betty Graham. I never saw such a change."
"It's a change for the better, isn't it, Nat?" she asked with a smile half wistful.
"I should think it was. It's just marvellous!"
"Did I seem so very awful, then?"
"Nonsense. You know you didn't, only, now..."
"Then you think father will be pleased?"
"If he isn't, I'm blind!"
She looked away, embarrassed, and touched by his interest and his feeling. "And does it make you a little proud, Nat?"
"Proud!" he exclaimed blankly.
"Because you know you've done it all. If there's any improvement in Betty Graham to-day, it's because of you. If it hadn't been for you——"