He had lost the old self who used to live here.
"What's happened to you ?" asked Peter with an offhand air.
"Why do you ask ?" said Ambrose quickly.

He hated to think it was all written in his face.
"You look older," said Peter.

"I don't see you grinning so much." Ambrose immediately grinned--after a fashion.

"I've got a lot to tell you," he said.

"We'll talk after supper." Half the night they talked.