His flush darkened. But he gave no other sign of having heard her.
"I don't know why I'm staying now."
He rose and looked at his watch.
"I must be going home," he said.
He turned at the threshold.
"I forgot to give you Mary's message. She sent her love and she wants to know when you're coming again to see the babies."
"Oh—some day soon."
"You must make it very soon or they won't be babies any more. She's dying to show them to you."
"She showed them to me the other day."
"She says it's ages since you've been. And if she says it is she thinks it is."