“Yes ... and will come here to-night to see the others.”
III
Like the rest of the family, Mrs. Wylie feared the effect of the Western visit upon her mother’s new-found tranquillity of spirit, and she was also uneasy lest Mrs. Gaylord had been unable to secure Pullman accommodations.
“Mother is all right and happy,” Frederick told us, in the evening. “She is still reading her precious book”—a copy of his earlier interviews, which she carried with her.
Some one asked whether he meant that her general condition was “all right,” or that she was “all right” on the train.
“On the train. She’s blissful!”
This was verified a day or two later by a letter from Mrs. Gaylord, in which she said: “I came away filled with strength and calm and joy.” She also mentioned casually that she had found a vacant section on the train, and traveled comfortably.
“How does purpose combat forces of evil?” Mr. Wylie asked.