She put all her thoughts into her coaxing of Charlie, and after a time he raised his head and turned around and faced her, and while he lay back on his pillows, very weary after his excitement, Jessie, the more weary of the two, tried bravely to be cheerful, and to talk brightly, and so Mrs.Lang found them when, a little later, she brought up Charlie's breakfast on a tray.
Mrs.Lang even smiled when she saw the two together, evidently on such good terms, and the happy smile with which Charlie looked up at her delighted her sad heart.

He was the apple of her eye, the great love of her life, the only thing in the world she cared for, and to see him happy, to see his dull, cheerless days brightened, gave her more pleasure than anything.

She kissed her boy and looked quite kindly at Jessie.
"Your breakfast is ready in the oven," she said, "and I'm sure you must be famished.

I am.

I thought I should never get the men started off.