doorway Marion checked herself abruptly, because
she had resolved to purify her vocabulary of slang and all frivolous
expressions. Her eyelids were pink, her lips were moist and tremulous,
her face was all aglow. "I--may I please--mother--"

Mrs. Singleton Corey did not loosen her hold of Jack, but she held out
her free hand with a beckoning gesture. "Come. I'm going to be a
foolishly fond old lady, I know. But I want to hold both my children
close, and see if I can realize the miracle."

"Mother!" Jack murmured, as though the word held a wonderful, new
meaning. "Our own, for-keeps mother!"

THE END

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