Evewon’tgetanyleavetillEaster;andIcanbequitealone，andseetoNolliehere。Theservantscanhaveaholiday——，NurseandI
willrunthehousetogether。Ishallenjoyit。\"
\"You’reagoodwoman，Thirza！\"Takinghiswife’shand，heputittohislips。\"Thereisn’tanotherwomanlikeyouintheworld。\"
Thirza’seyessmiled。\"Passmeyourcup;I’llgiveyousomefreshcoffee。\"
Itwasdecidedtoputtheplanintooperationatmid—month，andshebentallherwitstoinstillingintoherhusbandthethoughtthatababymoreorlesswasnogreatmatterinaworldwhichalreadycontainedtwelvehundredmillionpeople。Withaman’skeenersenseoffamilypropriety，hecouldnotseethatthisbabywouldbethesameasanyotherbaby。\"Byheaven！\"hewouldsay，\"Isimplycan’tgetusedtoit;inourfamily！AndTedaparson！Whatthedevilshallwedowithit？\"