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[His face clouding]

Yes, I suppose you found everything completely changed since before the war.

[He thinks resentfully]

The war Gordon!

Europe has “gone west”—

[He smiles whimsically]

to America, let’s hope!

[Then frowningly]

I couldn’t stand it. There were millions sitting up with the corpse already, who had a family right to be there—

[Then matter-of-factly]

I was wasting my time, too. I couldn’t write a line.

[Then gaily]

But where’s Nina? I must see Nina!

She’ll be right in. She said she wanted to finish thinking something out— You’ll find Nina changed, Charlie, greatly changed!

[He sighs—thinking with a trace of guilty alarm]

The first thing she said at breakfast “I dreamed of Gordon”  as if she wanted to taunt me! how absurd! her eyes positively glared!

[Suddenly blurting out resentfully]

She dreams about Gordon.

[Looking at him with amused surprise]

Well, I’d hardly call that a change, would you?