"Don't grieve, dear," she said.

"Think how much better it is that you should have found him out now than when it was too late." And Janet shuddered.
* * * * * Ross dropped in at the house in the Lake Drive the next morning on his way East from the Howlands.

As soon as he was alone with his mother, he asked, "How about Janet and Arthur ?" Mrs.Whitney put on her exalted expression.

"I'm glad you said nothing before Janet," said she.

"The child is so sensitive, and Arthur has given her a terrible shock.