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Quixotic, absurd, unreasonable? If you like. I'll tell you what she said." He looked up with a significant expression in his face which proved that he, at least, did not now judge her reason foolish. QUIXOTIC ABSURD UNREASONABLE IF YOU LIKE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT SHE SAID HE LOOKED UP WITH A SIGNIFICANT EXPRESSION IN HIS FACE WHICH PROVED THAT HE AT LEAST DID NOT NOW JUDGE HER REASON FOOLISH
ome of those good fellows”—he indicated the empty chairs with an expressive nod of his great head—“some of ’em knew him. You both knew him too, probably.” “The man you hated,” said the understanding Lawson. “And who hated me,” came the quiet confirmation. “My other reason,” he went on, “for keeping quiet was that the tale involves my wife.”[76] The two listeners said nothing, but each remembered the curiously long courtship that had been the prelude to his marriage. No engagement had been announced, the pair were devoted to one another, there was no known rival on either side; yet the courtship continued without coming to its expected conclusion. Many stories were afloat in consequence. It was a social mystery that intrigued the gossips. “I may tell you two,” Ericssen continued, “the reason my wife refused for so long to marry me. It is hard to believe, perhaps, but it is true. Another man wished to make her his wife, and she would not consent to marry me until that other man was dead. NE IT'S TRUE FOR ONE THING FOR ANOTHER YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE GOOD FELLOWS HE INDICATED THE EMPTY CHAIRS WITH AN EXPRESSIVE NOD OF HIS GREAT HEAD SOME OF EM KNEW HIM YOU BOTH KNEW HIM TOO PROBABLY THE MAN YOU HATED SAID THE UNDERSTANDING LAWSON AND WHO HATED ME CAME THE QUIET CONFIRMATION MY OTHER REASON HE WENT ON FOR KEEPING QUIET WAS AT THE TALE INVOLVES MY WIFE THE TWO LISTENERS SAID NOTHING BUT EACH REMEMBERED THE CURIOUSLY LONG COURTSHIP THAT HAD BEEN THE PRELUDE TO HIS MARRIAGE NO ENGAGEMENT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED THE PAIR WERE DEVOTED TO ONE ANOTHER THERE WAS NO KNOWN RIVAL ON EITHER SIDE YET THE COURTSHIP CONTINUED WITHOUT COMING TO ITS EXPECTED CONCLUSION MANY STORIES WERE AFLOAT IN CONSEQUENCE IT WAS THE SOCIAL MYSTERY THAT INTRIGUED THE GOSSIP I MAY TELL YOU TO ERICSSON CONTINUED THE REASON MY WIFE REFUSED FOR SO LONG TO MARRY ME IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE PERHAPS BUT IT IS TRUE ANOTHER MAN WISHED TO MAKE HER HIS WIFE AND SHE WOULD NOT CONSENT TO MARRY ME UNTIL THAT OTHER MAN WAS DEAD
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