The first thing he did was to fold the paper up and put it in his pocket.
Why he did this he often wondered later on, when the right course would have been to have handed it to Lillian for explanation.
He looked at his paper again, but did not see that he had it upside down.
Thought was busy.
He was trying to convince himself that it was none of his business anyhow—that he had had his secret and why not Lillian.
Then again he remembered that she was his wife—what concerned her concerned him.
At any rate Joe’s sudden happiness was overcast—clouds had covered the sky.
He began to feel miserable.
As it was not his design that Lillian should see this, he assumed a cheerfulness he was far from feeling.
The evening passed.