He walked more slowly, taking it in--Rosalind was not beautiful; she had not been beautiful--even as a girl--only pretty, with a kind of freshness and freedom about her and something in her eyes that he had not understood--It was the look that had drawn him--He was always wondering about it. Sometimes he saw it in the night--as if it flitted when he woke. He had not thought of it for years. Something in the woman’s shoulder and the line of her head was like it. But the woman was very _beautiful!_--Suppose it were not Rosalind after all! He gave a quick breath, and his feet halted and went on. Then a thought surged at him, and he walked fast--he almost ran. No--No--! It was as if he put his hands over his ears to shut it out. Other women--but not _his_ wife! She had children--_three_ children! He tried to think of the children to steady himself. He pictured her putting them to bed at night, bending above Tommie and winding a flannel bandage tight around his throat for croup; he could see her quite plainly, the quick, efficient fingers and firm, roughened hands drawing the bed-clothes in place and tucking them in.... The woman’s hands had rested so quietly in her lap! Were they rough?--She had worn gloves--he remembered now--soft gloves, like the color in her gown.... He stared at the gloves--they were long--they came to the elbow--yes, there was a kind of soft, lacy stuff that fell away from them--yes, they were long gloves.... They must have cost---- He tried to think what the gloves must have cost, but he had nothing to go by. Rosalind had never worn such gloves, nor his mother or sisters. Only women who were very rich wore gloves like that--or women---- He faced the thought at last. He had come out where the salt air struck him; the town and its lights had fallen behind; there was the marsh to cross, and he was on a long beach, the wind in his face, the water rolling up in spray and sweeping slowly back--He strode forward, his head to the wind.... There was no one that she knew--no man.... How should she know any one that he did not know!