"Harry, sweetheart, I--" Anna covered her mouth with her hands as tears filled her eyes. "You're alive. Oh thank god, you're alive. I didn't believe it but it is you, isn't it?"
Anna's hands reached out as if to touch him but she drew them back at the last moment. "I thought you were gone. They said--Oh but it doesn't matter, does it? You're alive!" She smiled through the tears. "And so handsome. I always thought you'd grow up tall." She paused, and glanced back at her daughter. "And you found your sister! You're both so lovely. I hadn't dared hope to see you together..." she shivered, her hem dripping a little on the floor as she waited for her children's responses.