CHAPTER XXXIV
"Others besides Moses have struggled up the mountain only to be shown the promised land, and to hear the words: Thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not pass over."
The following morning saw Janey and Roger sitting opposite each other once more, but this time in his office-room, staring blankly at each other. In spite of her invariably quiet demeanour, she was trembling a little.
"I am afraid you must believe it, Roger."
"Good Lord!" was all Roger could say, evidently not for the first time.
There was a long silence.
"When did she tell you?"
"This morning, after breakfast. She and Harry came in together when I was writing letters, hand in hand, as if they were in a novel, and she said they had been married three months."