They walked on side by side without speaking, but once or twice she turned and caught him staring at her with a peculiar mixture of wonder and unaccustomed tenderness.
Finally he broke out.
"It's good to see you again!"
She laughed and was happy. His voice stirred in her memories of long ago.
"It's good to have you back, dear," she said.
"But you really look remarkably well," he insisted.
"I rested this afternoon."
"That's what you should do every day," he said. "Look at that old maple tree! It hasn't changed a bit!"
"No," she said, and began to wonder.
"And the girls are well?"