"It isn't so very remarkable to find you here, I suppose," he remarked, after considering for some time an advertisement in a daily paper which he held in his hand.
"No, nor so strange to encounter you."
"You have not been home for some time."
"Not since I came in September."
"And I have not since Will's wedding day. There was a shower that night, and your mother tried to keep me; and I wished she had more than a few times on my dark way home."
"It is almost time to hear from Will." Marjorie had no taste for reminiscences.
"I expect to hear every day."
"So do we. Mrs. Kemlo watches up the street and down the street for the postman."
"Oh, yes. Morris. I forgot. Does he like the life?"
"He is enthusiastic."