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Well, they were grown up, his sons and daughters, and the only change in their lives now would come from wise or unwise marriages. WELL THEY WERE GROWN UP HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND THE ONLY CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES NOW WOULD COME FROM WISE OR UNWISE MARRIAGES
as 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. 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. The Hamiltons were far more stylishly dressed, but they all looked a little conscious and a little discontented. That was it; the Careys were happier! There were six of them, living in the forgotten Hamilton house in a half-deserted village, on five or six hundred dollars a year, and doing their own housework, and they were happier than his own brood, spending forty or fifty times that sum.  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 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 THE HAMILTONS WERE FAR MORE STYLISHLY DRESSED BUT THEY ALL LOOKED A LITTLE CONSCIOUS AND A LITTLE DISCONTENTED THAT WAS IT THE CAREYS WERE HAPPIER THERE WERE SIX OF THEM LIVING IN THE FORGOTTEN HAMILTON HOUSE IN A HALF DESERTED VILLAGE ON FIVE OR SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR AND DOING THEIR OWN HOUSEWORK AND THEY WERE HAPPIER THAN HIS OWN BROOD SPENDING FORTY OR FIFTY TIMES THAT SUM
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