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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. 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
 his friend had surmised, were entirely with his wife. 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. This was the curious part of it--here in December he found himself the husband of a girl who was completely dependent upon him not only for food, clothes, and lodging, but for her present happiness, her whole future life; and last July he had been scarcely more than a boy himself, with no greater 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. HOUGHTS AND THESE AS HIS FRIEND WOULD HAVE SURMISED WERE ENTIRELY WITH HIS WIFE 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 THIS WAS THE CURIOUS PART OF IT HERE IN DECEMBER HE FOUND HIMSELF THE HUSBAND OF A GIRL WHO WAS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON HIM NOT ONLY FOR FOOD CLOTHES AND LODGING BUT FOR HER PRESENT HAPPINESS HER WHOLE FUTURE LIFE AND LAST JULY HE HAD BEEN SCARCELY MORE THAN A BOY HIMSELF WITH NO GREATER 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
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