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newly found light by my shadow； and； … well； … I wanted to see Jeannette；
so I left。
I need not tell you； even though you are a bachelor； how fast Maitland
improved。 Gwen would permit no one else to nurse him； and this had
much to do with the rapidity of his recovery。 In a month he was able to
go out； and in another month Gwen became Mrs。 Maitland。 A happier pair；
or one better suited to each other； it has never been my privilege to know。
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As I visited them in their new home I became more and more dissatisfied
with bachelor existence； and there were times when I had half a mind to
go straight to Jeannette and ask her advice in the matter。 Ah； those days！
They will never come to me again。 Never again will a pink and white
angel knock so loudly at my heart； or be so warmly welcomed。 I wonder
where she is and if she is thinking of me。
And now I may as well stop； for my narrative is over； and I hear
someone coming along the hail； doubtless after me。 It is only Harold； so
I may add a word or two more。 I am writing now with difficulty； for
some frolicsome individual has placed a hand over my eyes and says；
〃Guess。〃 I can just see to write between the fingers。 Again I am
commanded； 〃 Guess！〃 so I say carelessly； 〃Alice。〃 Then； would you
believe it； someone kisses me and says： 〃Will you ever have done with
that writing？ The children wish me to inform you that they have some
small claim upon your time。〃 You see how it is。 I've got to stop； so I
say； as becomes an obedient gentleman： 〃Very well； I will quit upon one
condition。 I have been wondering where on earth you were。 Tell me what
you have been doing with yourself。 I have been repeating in retrospect
all the horrors of bachelordom。〃
〃Why； Ned dear；〃 my wife replies； 〃I've only been down…town
shopping for Harold and little Jeannette。 Bless me； I should think I'd
been gone a year！〃
〃Bless you； my dear Jeannette；〃 I reply； 〃I should think you had；〃 and I
draw her down gently into my lap and kiss her again and again for the
sake of the conviction it will carry。 She says I am smothering her； which
means she is convinced。
You see I have learned some things since I was a bachelor。
End of Project Gutenberg's Etext The Darrow Enigma； by Melvin L。
Severy
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