. The book of months . THE BOOK OF MONTHS there somebody— and in the sudden blaze Isaw her, and the passages were dark no longer. Ah, its you, she said; how nice of you tocome! Oh, Ive left the dogs shut up. Please gointo the drawing-room; Ill be there in a mo-ment. So I turned up the hall to the right, andthrough the little sitting-room into the drawing-room beyond. She came in a moment after-wards. How did you know where the she said. Isnt it the most inconvenient-ly built house you ever The most, said I: but I know it was a great friend of mine who used to
. The book of months . THE BOOK OF MONTHS there somebody— and in the sudden blaze Isaw her, and the passages were dark no longer. Ah, its you, she said; how nice of you tocome! Oh, Ive left the dogs shut up. Please gointo the drawing-room; Ill be there in a mo-ment. So I turned up the hall to the right, andthrough the little sitting-room into the drawing-room beyond. She came in a moment after-wards. How did you know where the she said. Isnt it the most inconvenient-ly built house you ever The most, said I: but I know it was a great friend of mine who used tolive here. She looked up suddenly. Dick, do you mean ? she asked; who waskilled in South Africa .-^ He was a distant cousinof mine. Then his wife was, too, said fe>.. »::;•-- ^f^i;. W^Sm NOVEMBER Yes, I believe so. Why? It partly accounts for it. Accounts for what ? she said. That you are absolutely the living image of ;•her. She laughed again. Oh, dear, it is a terrible responsibility to belike an old acquaintance of somebodys. I shallhave to live up to her. I do hope she wasntvery nice. It will be so difficult for me if shewas. She and Dick were the greatest friends Iever had, said I. Those beautiful gray eyes grew serious. Ah, how dreadful for you! she said. Itwas all very sudden, was it not ? The child, too. Yes, very sudden. I had been dining withher here, and she had gone up-stairs when thetelegram came. She heard the ring, and leanedover the banister above the hall—and the child was born. She died just at day-269 ■ -\-:^^^
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