Afteramoment’spausesheputherarmroundhim——so，holdinghim，shestared，defiantlyandcrossly，upontheworld。
CHAPTERVII
RELIGION
I
AlwaysinafteryearsJeremyrememberedthatpartyofMissMaddison’s，notbecauseithadbeentherethathehadwonhisfirstfight，butforthedeeperreasonthatfromthatdayhislifereceivedanewcolour，wovenintothetextureofit；evennowwhenhethinksofthosehoursthatfollowedMissMaddison’spartyhecatcheshisbreathandglancesaroundhimtoseewhethereverythingissafe。Thechildren，onarrivinghomethatevening，foundthattheirfatherandmotherhadalreadyreturnedfromDrymouth。Jeremy，sleepythoughhewas，rushedtohismother，heldherhand，explainedhisblackeye，andthensuddenly，inawaythathehad，fellasleep，thereashewas，andhadtobecarrieduptobed。