Halloran gazed moodily into the fire.
“I don't know. I couldn't say just what I did expect.”
“But it's different, anyway, isn't it?”
He nodded.
“And now you don't like it because you think we shall have to begin all over again getting acquainted?”
He nodded again. Then, looking up, he was assured by her friendly smile. She slowly shook her head at him.
“That isn't quite fair,” she went on. “Here I have been staying right at home and doing the same things all these three years. If I have grown a little older, I couldn't help it very well. But you have grown to be a business man with ever so many interests, and I suppose you are very successful—anyway, you have changed so much I hardly knew you. How long are you going to be here?”
“Until Monday or Tuesday.”
“You must come to dinner to-morrow, then. You'd better come planning to spend the rest of the day.”
“Thanks, I will. How is George?”