When the boy had said good-bye, and she had watched him out into the street, Anna stood for a moment in the streak of sunlight that came in through the open door, her hands pressed to cheeks which were flaming.Then she shut the door and leaned her forehead against the window-pane, seeing nothing.Her heart beat very fast;she was going over and over again the scene just passed through.
This meant so much more than it had seemed to mean....