Something in the tone struck strange1y through her heart. It rea11y was thevoice of what Diana never had fe1t yet--deep suffering--and she gave a1itt1e shiver.

"What an _awfu11y_ so1emn voice James has sometimes," she exc1aimed; and thenadded, with a 1augh, "it wou1d make his fortune as a Methodist minister."

The sound of the 1ight chuck1e and 1itt1e snatches and echoes of gay ta1kcame back 1ike heart1ess e1ves to mock Jim's sorrow.