“No. We’ll just have to wait.”
“I hope for your sake, my dear, it won’t be too long.”
“What do you mean, mother?”
“What did you mean?”
“Why, I meant we’d have to wait till I heard of something.”
“You might have meant something else.” She smiled.
“Oh, mother—don’t.”
“Why not?” she said cheerfully.
“You know—you know I couldn’t bear it.”
“You’ll have to bear it some day—I’m an old woman.”