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He let himself in with his latch key, hung up his hat and overcoat by the sense of touch, and, groping his way upstairs, opened the door of the first floor sitting room. HE LET HIMSELF IN WITH HIS LATCHKEY HUNG UP HIS HAT AND OVERCOAT BY THE SENSE OF TOUCH AND GROPING HIS WAY UPSTAIRS OPENED THE DOOR OF THE FIRST FLOOR SITTING ROOM
pleasant difficulty of deciding where he should spend his annual three weeks' holiday. But it is events, not months or years, which age. Willoughby, who was only twenty-six, remembered his youth as a sometime companion irrevocably lost to him; its vague, delightful hopes were now crystallized into definite ties, and its happy irresponsibilities displaced by a sense of care, inseparable perhaps from the most fortunate of marriages. As he reached the street in which he lodged his pace involuntarily slackened. While still some distance off, his eye sought out and distinguished the windows of the room in which Esther awaited him. Through the broken slats of the Venetian blinds he could see the yellow gaslight within. The parlour beneath was in darkness; his landlady had evidently gone to bed, there being no light over the hall-door either. In some apprehension he consulted his watch under the last street-lamp he passed, to find comfort in assuring himself it was only ten minutes after ten.  CARE ON HIS MIND THAN THE PLEASANT DIFFICULTY OF DECIDING WHERE HE SHOULD SPEND HIS ANNUAL THREE WEEKS HOLIDAY BUT IT IS EVENTS NOT MONTHS OR YEARS WHICH AGE WILLOUGHBY WHO WAS ONLY TWENTY SIX REMEMBERED HIS YOUTH AS A SOMETIME COMPANION IRREVOCABLY LOST TO HIM ITS VAGUE DELIGHTFUL HOPES WERE NOW CRYSTALLIZED INTO DEFINITE TIES AND ITS HAPPY IRRESPONSIBILITIES DISPLACED BY A SENSE OF CARE INSEPARABLE PERHAPS FROM THE MOST FORTUNATE OF MARRIAGES AS HE REACHED THE STREET IN WHICH HE LODGED HIS PACE INVOLUNTARILY SLACKENED WHILE SOME DISTANCE OFF HIS EYE SOUGHT OUT AND DISTINGUISHED THE WINDOWS OF THE ROOM IN WHICH ESTHER AWAITED HIM THROUGH THE BROKEN SLATS OF THE VENETIAN BLINDS HE COULD SEE THE YELLOW GASLIGHT WITHIN THE PARLOUR BENEATH WAS IN DARKNESS HIS LANDLADY HAD EVIDENTLY GONE TO BED THERE BEING NO LIGHT OVER THE HALL DOOR EITHER IN SOME APPREHENSION HE CONSULTED HIS WATCH UNDER THE LAST STREET LAMP HE PASSED TO FIND COMFORT IN ASSURING HIMSELF IT WAS ONLY TEN MINUTES AFTER TEN
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