Destroyer，andthefirsttimetheireyeshadmetacrossthetableshehadlikedhim。Thelikinghadincreased。Therewasthatinhisboyishcheerandhisnot-too-well-fed-lookingfacewhichcalledforthmaternalinterest。Asshegraduallylearnedwhathislifehadbeen，shefeltathrilledanxietytoheardaybydayhowhewasgettingon。
Shelistenedfordetails，andfeltitnecessarytogatherherselftogetherinthefaceofaslightdepressionwhenhopesofGaltonwerelesshighthanusual。Hismendingwasmysteriouslydone，andintimeheknewwithamazedgratitudethathewasbeing“lookedafter。”Hisfirstthanksweresoawkward，butsofullofappreciationofunaccustomedluxury，thattheyalmostbroughttearstohereyes，sincetheysoclearlyilluminatedtheentirenoveltyofanyattentionwhatever。
“Ijustdon”tknowwhattosay，“hesaid，shufflingfromonefoottoanother，thoughhisnicegrinwasatitsbest。“I”veneverhadawomandoanythingformesinceIwasten。Iguesswomendolotsofthingsformostfellows；but，then，they”remothersandsistersandaunts。I
appreciateitlike——likethunder。IfeelasifIwasRockefeller，MissAnn。”
Inashorttimeshehadbecome“LittleAnn“tohim，astotherest，andtheybegantoknoweachotherverywell。JimBowlesandJuliusSteinbergerhadnotbeenabletorestrainthemselvesatfirstfrommakingslangy，yearninglovetoher，butTembaromhadbeendifferent。