Hicks's, but taking his meals with
Ruth, so that he could be within call of MacFarlane when needed--
some of this same sunshine, I say, may have been responsible for
the temporary drying up of Ruth's tears and the establishing of
various ways of communication between two hearts that had for some
days been floundering in the deeps. Or, perhaps, the rebound may
have been due to the fact that Peter had whispered something in
Jack's ear, or that Ruth had overheard Miss Felicia praising
Jack's heroism to her father--it was common talk everywhere--or it
may have been that the coming of spring which always brings hope
and cheer--making old into new, may have led to the general
lighting up of the gloom that had settled over the house of
MacFarlane and its dependents; but certain it is that such was the
case.
MacFarlane began by taking a sudden change for the better--so
decided a change that he was out of his room and dressed on the
fifth day (although half his coat hid his broken arm, tightly
bandaged to his side).
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