The Kingdom Round the Corner

of greenness which was gathering in hedges; the shy pageant of spring unfolding, with the promised certainty of new summers which are never ending. The world looked young. As the t

h life. He watched it all gladly and yet impatiently;

uld glance above the heads of the crowd; his eyes went questing in all directions. They failed to find what they sought. He delayed until nearly all the people from the incoming trains had scuttled into the holes of the Underground; then, masking his disappointment, he wandered out into the station-yard to hail a taxi. An Army Staff car was drawn up against the curb. A thrill of hostility shot through him. How often, in the old days, when marching up to an attack, had he and his comrades huddled to the side of the road like sheep that these khaki-colored collies of the shepherds, wh

out her hand. "Tabs, fancy you not knowing me! I don't need

hen, seeing how his intensity startled her, he let go her hand and laughed. "You can't

w'-you remember the refrain from the song at the Gaiety? That's why. When you were

side her. "That's another thing that disguised you. How was I t

me when he heard that I was to meet you this morning. Taxis are so scarce, and I didn't know how well you could walk, so--" She turne

you find me changed! For bette

hand on his arm. "It isn't a case of better or worse. Between people like ourselves appearances don't matter. I think to me you were handsomest of all as a Tommy. How prou

r the second time his intensity had frightened her. He said nothing-did nothing to help her. She mustere

pt to divert him. "But you

man in uniform and in mufti? Why, yes. A uniform

r arm into mine as we marched through the darkness to the troop-train. You never shed a tear, Terry. You kept your promise. Often and often when I was afraid in

don't. It's all ended. Everyth

," he questioned, "

e ignored the interr