Maybe that's all it will be."
Mothers are wonderful at divination; why should they not be, when all
their task is a training in understanding young natures which do not
understand themselves. From these halting phrases of mystery Mrs. Gray
gathered much more than her daughter would have imagined. But she did
not let that be seen.
"If it is only a shadowy difficulty the rising of the sun will put it to
flight," she predicted.
Roberta was silent for a space. Then suddenly she sat up.
"I had a long letter from Forbes Westcott to-day," she said, in a tone
which tried to be casual. "He's staying on in London, getting material
for that difficult Letchworth case he's so anxious to win. It's a
wonderfully interesting letter, though he doesn't say much about the
case. He's one of the cleverest letter writers I ever knew--in the
flesh. It's really an art with him. If he hadn't made a lawyer of
himself he would have been a man of letters, his literary tastes are so
fine. It's quite an education in the use of delightfully spirited
English, a correspondence with him. I've appreciated that more with each
letter."
She produced the letter.
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