Do you suppose I have been untouched by your consideration for me all these long days--your quiet cheerfulness--your dear unselfishness--the forbidden word!--but what synonym am I to use ?...

Oh, I know, I know what you are doing, thinking, feeling--believe me--believe me, I know! And--it is what you must do, of course.

But--if you only did not show it so plainly--the effort--the strain--the hurt--" "Do I show it ?" he asked, chagrined.

"I did not know that." "Only to me--because I know.

And I remember how young you were--that first day.