"I'll hot some cocoa for you last thing and leave it on the trivet."
"Sha'n't want cocoa."
"What shall you want then?"
"Oh, Lord!" His nerves were all on edge. He couldn't bear it. "Nothing!" he cried, as he rushed out.
At the gate it struck him that he had been a brute to her. He turned. He rushed back to her. He put his arm round her and kissed her.
"You're all right now, aren't you?"
"Yes, Ran, dear, I'm all right." She smiled. "Run away and don't keep Winny waiting."
(Heaven only knew what it cost her.)
And Ranny looked back, laughing, through the doorway. "You know, Mother, it reelly is all right. And you're an angel."
And she said, "There! Go along with you."