She went impulsively forward and knelt down by her side.

For some reason she did not feel her customary awe of the lady of the Manor.

This sad-faced woman with the deeply shadowed eyes aroused within her something that was stronger, something that carried her completely out of herself.
"Oh, are you better ?" she said.

"I have been so sorry about you." "It was good of you to come up to see me," Anne said gently.

"Yes, Dot, I am better.