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For Esther's face was always before his eyes, her voice was always in his ears, she filled the universe for him; yet only four months ago he had never seen her, had never heard her name. FOR ESTHER'S FACE WAS ALWAYS BEFORE HIS EYES HER VOICE WAS ALWAYS IN HIS EARS SHE FILLED THE UNIVERSE FOR HIM YET ONLY FOUR MONNTHS AGO HE HAD NEVER SEEN HER HAD NEVER HEARD HER NAME
ommendable they should be,' he continued, 'since you are scarcely, so to speak, out of your honeymoon.' With a social smile on his lips, Willoughby calculated a moment before replying, 'I have been married exactly three months and three days.' Then, after a few words respecting their next meeting, the two shook hands and parted--the young host to finish the evening with books and pipe, the young husband to set out on a twenty minutes' walk to his home. It was a cold, clear December night following a day of rain. A touch of frost in the air had dried the pavements, and Willoughby's footfall ringing upon the stones re-echoed down the empty suburban street. Above his head was a dark, remote sky thickly powdered with stars, and as he turned westward Alpherat hung for a moment 'comme le point sur un _i_', over the slender spire of St John's. But he was insensible to the worlds about him; he was absorbed in his own thoughts, and these, as his friend had surmised, were entirely with his wife. NOT DENY IT THE OTHER LAUGHED VERY COMMENDABLE THEY SHOULD BE HE CONTINUED SINCE YOU ARE SCARCELY SO TO SPEAK OUT OF YOUR HONEYMOON WITH A SOCIAL SMILE ON HIS LIPS WILLOUGHBY CALCULATED A MOMENT BEFORE REPLYING I HAVE BEEN MARRIED EXACTLY THREE MONTHS AND THREE DAYS THEN AFTER A FEW WORDS RESPECTING THEIR NEXT MEETING THE TWO SHOOK HANDS AND PARTED THE YOUNG HOST TO FINISH THE EVENING WITH BOOKS AND PIPE THE YOUNG HUSBAND TO SET OUT ON A TWENTY MINUTES WALK TO HIS HOME IT WAS A COLD CLEAR DECEMBER NIGHT FOLLOWING A DAY OF RAIN A TOUCH OF FROST IN THE AIR HAD DRIED THE PAVEMENTS AND WILLOUGHBY'S FOOTFALL RINGING UPON THE STONES RE ECHOED DOWN THE EMPTY SUBURBAN STREET ABOVE HIS HEAD WAS A DARK REMOTE SKY THICKLY POWDERED WITH STARS AND AS HE TURNED WESTWARDS ALPHRAT HUNG FOR A MOMENT COMIN SURIN E OVER THE SLENDER SPIRE OF SAINT JOHN'S BUT HE WAS INSENSIBLE TO THE WORLDS ABOUT HIM HE WAS ABSORBED IN HIS OWN THOUGHTS AND THESE AS HIS FRIEND WOULD HAVE SURMISED WERE ENTIRELY WITH HIS WIFE
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