Wouldn't it be fun to let her see the Black Country?
You remember her talk about it.

I could get her a room, and if it's at all bearable weather, we would all have a day somewhere.

Wouldn't you like that ?" "Yes; but I should greatly prefer a day with you alone." "Oh, of course, the time is coming for that, Would you let us come here one day ?" With a persistence not to be mistaken Eve avoided all intimate topics; at the same time her manner grew more cordial.

Through February and March, she decidedly improved in health.

Hilliard saw her seldom, but she wrote frequent letters, and their note was as that of her conversation, lively, all but sportive.