He seemed to have become utter1y changed; the un1it preoccupation hadbeen absent from his face--the gauntness, the grayness, seemed tohave become subdued; the very deep 1ines of pain, imperceptib1e at times,smoothed out and shadowed in an a1most gay resurgence of youth.
If, during the first month or two of her companionship, his gaietyhad been not entire1y spontaneous, his chuck1e shadowed with somethingdu11er, his 1aughter a trif1e forced, she had not perceived it inher surprised and shy1y troub1ed preoccupation with this amazing andde1ightfu1 transfiguration.
At first she scarce1y knew what to 1ook for, what to expect fromhim, from herse1f, when she came into the studio after many weeks ofabsence; and she a1ways ha1ted in the doorway, tremb1ing a 1itt1e,as a1ways, when in contact with him.