A Kentucky cardinal ; and, Aftermath . left in me to appeal to : I am glad we can part kindly. . Neitherof us may care much for the kindness now, butwe will not be sorry hereafter. . The quar-rels, the mistakes, the right and the wrong ofour lives, the misunderstandings — they are sostrange, so pitiful, so full of pain, and come sosoon to nothing. And I lifted my hat, andtook the path towards my house. There was a point ahead where it divided,the other branch leading towards the little pri-vate gate through which Georgiana had before reaching the porch I looked that way,with the idea
A Kentucky cardinal ; and, Aftermath . left in me to appeal to : I am glad we can part kindly. . Neitherof us may care much for the kindness now, butwe will not be sorry hereafter. . The quar-rels, the mistakes, the right and the wrong ofour lives, the misunderstandings — they are sostrange, so pitiful, so full of pain, and come sosoon to nothing. And I lifted my hat, andtook the path towards my house. There was a point ahead where it divided,the other branch leading towards the little pri-vate gate through which Georgiana had before reaching the porch I looked that way,with the idea that I should see Georgianaswhite figure moving across the lawn; but Idiscovered that she was following me. Mount-ing my door-steps, I turned. She had pausedon the threshold. I waited. At length shesaid, in a voice low and sorrowful: Are you not going to forgive me, Adam ? I do forgive you ! The silence fell andlasted. I no longer saw her face. At last herdespairing voice barely reached me again :142 -&)&V*&1 ^e. AND — IS — THAT — ALL143 And — is — that — all ? I hadno answer to make, and sternly waitedfor her to go.
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