Sorrell and Son

On the night before the wedding Kit looked suddenly and attentively at his father. He had been absorbed--yes--happily absorbed in that mysterious new future, and now that it was so near he seemed to come back to his normal self for a moment, much like a man who has been packing before a journey and who realizes when he has finished it that a whole night lies between him and the morrow.

They were standing at a window--talking.