Indifferently Serena turned from the window.
How long the doctor was! She wanted him to be finished so that she could speak with Justin, and yet – yet she shrank from the very idea. Justin – who was now her husband!
The thought was impossible and yet it had happened. How little she had imagined yesterday that today she would be wearing his ring and would be entitled to bear his name.
Once again Serena’s hands crept up to her face and now they stayed there, her fingers over her closed eyes.
Yes, she was entitled to bear Justin’s name, but how little it altered the great gulf yawning between them.
Hearing the deep tones of Justin’s voice in the next room even though she could not distinguish what he said, she felt a sudden wild desire to rush to him, to fling herself on her knees before
