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He glanced from one family to the other and back again, several times. The Careys were handsomer, there was no doubt of that; but there was a deeper difference that eluded him. HE GLANCED FROM ONE FAMILY TO THE OTHER AND BACK AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES THE CAREYS WERE HANDSOMER THERE WAS NO DOUBT OF THAT BUT THERE WAS A DEEPER DIFFERENCE THAT ELUDED HIM
loped. Tom was the farthest away, and he was the dearest; the only Hamilton of the lot; the only one who loved his father. Mr. Hamilton leaned forward abstractedly, and fumbling through one drawer of his desk after another succeeded in bringing out a photograph of Tom, taken at seventeen or eighteen. Then by a little extra search he found his wife in her presentation dress at a foreign court. There was no comfort or companionship in that, it was too furbelowed to be anybody's wife,--but underneath it in the same frame was one taken just after their marriage. That was too full of memories to hold much joy, but it stirred his heart, and made it beat a little; enough at any rate to show it was not dead. In the letter case in his vest pocket was an almost forgotten picture of the girls when they were children. This with the others he stood in a row in front of him, reminding himself that he did not know the subjects much more intimately than the photographers who had made their likenesses. UAINTANCE MIGHT BE DEVELOPED TOM WAS THE FARTHEST AWAY AND HE WAS THE DEAREST THE ONLY HAMILTON OF THE LOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LOVED HIS FATHER MISTER HAMILTON LEANED FORWARD ABSTRACTEDLY AND FUMBLING THROUGH ONE DRAWER OF HIS DESK AFTER ANOTHER SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING OUT A PHOTOGRAPH OF TOM TAKEN AT SEVENTEEN OR EIGHTEEN THEN BY A LITTLE EXTRA SEARCH HE FOUND HIS WIFE IN HER PRESENTATION DRESS AT A FOREIGN COURT THERE WAS NO COMFORT OR COMPANIONSHIP IN THAT IT WAS TOO FRED TO BE ANYBODY'S WIFE BUT UNDERNEATH IT IN THE SAME FRAME WAS ONE TAKEN JUST AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE THAT WAS TOO FULL OF MEMORIES TO HOLD MUCH JOY BUT IT STIRRED HIS HEART AND MADE IT BEAT A LITTLE ENOUGH AT ANY RATE TO SHOW IT WAS NOT DEAD IN THE LETTER CASE IN HIS BEST POCKET WAS AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN PICTURE OF THE GIRLS WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN THIS WITH THE OTHERS HE STOOD IN A ROW IN FRONT OF HIM REMINDING HIMSELF THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THE SUBJECTS MUCH MORE INTIMATELY THAN THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO HAD MADE THEIR LIKENESSES
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