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But Rose had made more tea , and more toast , and she had opened her own best plum jam , and they were all eating with the heartiness of children . Presently Norma went to get in Aunt Kate 's lap , and asked her if she was glad , and made herself so generally engaging and endearing , with her slender little body clasped in the big motherly arms and her soft face resting against the older , weather-beaten face , that Wolf did not dare to look at her . They were going to Atlantic City ; neither had ever been there , and if this warm weather lasted it would be lovely , even in early spring . It was almost four o'clock when the younger women went upstairs for the freshening touches that Norma declared she needed , and then Wolf and his mother were left alone . He knelt down beside the big rocker in which she was ensconced with the baby , and she put one arm about him , and kissed the big thick crest of his brown hair . `` You 're glad , are n't you , Mother ? '' `` Glad !