"I never felt better in my life." "But those little pains you spoke of; that weakness in your back----" "Oh, _that_!" said Austin, slightingly.

"I wasn't thinking of my body.
What does one's body matter?
I meant _myself_.

I'm all right.

I daresay my bones may be doing something silly, but really I'm not responsible for their vagaries, am I now ?" Aunt Charlotte sighed, and dropped the subject for the time being.

But she was not quite easy in her mind.
One day a great joy came to Austin.