Beth ...

Beth ...
Be--eth--le--_hem!_" He paused, exhausted by the effort of drawing Bethlehem complete, out of the complication of the Infant's four vibrating strings.
He paused, and, lifting his eyes, looked into the mirror--and saw therein the face of a woman, watching him from beside the door; a lovely face, all smiles, and tears, and tenderness.
At first he gazed, unable to believe his eyes.

But, when her eyes met his, and she knew that he saw her, she moved quickly forward, kneeled down beside him, and--it was the face of his wife, all flooded with glad tenderness, which, resting against his shoulder, looked up into his.
She had spoken no word; yet at the first sight of her Ronnie knew that the cloud which had been between them, was between no longer.
"Helen," he said; "Oh, Helen!".