“If you look at me like that, dear,” he replied, “I’ll never be able to finish this grapefruit!” Then with a quick change of tone he asked anxiously:
“You’re not unhappy, dear?”
“No; it’s just the strangeness of being here; that’s all.”
“It doesn’t seem real to me, either. I’d thought so much of just such an hour as this, facing a new day and a new world with you, that it’s hard to believe the dream has really come true!”
“But you’ll be going away. There will be lots of times I can’t see you. It’s going to be hard to get used to that,” she said pensively.
“Don’t worry on that score. I’ve got a lot of work laid out for the next year right here in the Middle West. I can easily spend my Sundays in Indianapolis. I’d travel a mighty long way just for a sight of you. Let’s make the most of today and not worry about tomorrow. Sufficient unto the day is the happiness thereof!”
She smiled her acquiescence in this philosophy, was again buoyant, and joined with him in praising Jerry as the boy appeared with a plate of fresh waffles.
“I tell you what I’ll do!” exclaimed Trenton suddenly. “I’ll cut all my engagements for today if you will and we’ll stay right here!”
“Oh, it would be wonderful! But I mustn’t even think of it! I’d lose my job; and besides, I mustn’t forget I have a family. Please don’t try to persuade me. But you know I’d love to stay—not just today but forever!”
“I wish you didn’t have your job!” he said, frowning. “I don’t feel comfortable about that.”