‘No, not many people; I know that; and I don’t think Walter really has.’
She said:
‘Dear Heart, don’t be impatient; don’t decide too soon.’
I said:
‘I have decided.’
She bent down and kissed my forehead.
She said:
‘I like your Walter; and he is very happy.’
XXVI
Walter took me to see his sister Maud. She was the headmistress of a school at Lessingham; a County Secondary School.