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DWARD met his father and mother at the station; his mother spied him before  he saw her, and ran to him along the platform, her bright, eager face radiant, her eyes  shining. He saw her then and with a spring seized her in his arms; and after he had kissed  her and his father she clung to him and looked  up into his face enraptured.

“Come, Helen,” said Mr. Crashaw at last. “Let the husky boy lug one of these bags for the old man.”

Edward seized both the bags and carried them to a cab; during the drive to the  hotel his mother sat beside him caressing his  hand.

“Oh, my dear, it’s good to see you and touch you and hear you again!” she exclaimed. “And you’re getting to be almost good-looking!”