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Mortimer quite restored to health, and Maud two shades darker with her country tan. Letitia, with three trunks of ruined millinery, appeared from the hotels, and the town house was once more alive.
They had seen little of John since they left for the country, and it was not strange that Maud Gault, after his first visit, should have said to her husband:
"What 's the matter with John? All of a sudden he looks quite old."
"Nothing," said the loyal Mortimer; "only a fellow can't be expected to look young forever. John 's not like a woman: he does n't keep the same age for twenty years."
