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Above his head was a dark, remote sky thickly powdered with stars, and as he turned westward Alpherat hung for a moment 'comme le point sur un _i_', over the slender spire of St John's. ABOVE HIS HEAD WAS A DARK REMOTE SKY THICKLY POWDERED WITH STARS AND AS HE TURNED WESTWARDS ALPHRAT HUNG FOR A MOMENT COMIN SURIN E OVER THE SLENDER SPIRE OF SAINT JOHN'S
oodbyes. 'Marriage is evidently a most successful institution,' said he, half-jesting, half-sincere; 'you almost make me inclined to go and get married myself. Confess now your thoughts have been at home the whole evening.' Willoughby thus addressed turned red to the roots of his hair, but did not deny it. The other laughed. 'And very commendable they should be,' he continued, 'since you are scarcely, so to speak, out of your honeymoon.' With a social smile on his lips, Willoughby calculated a moment before replying, 'I have been married exactly three months and three days.' Then, after a few words respecting their next meeting, the two shook hands and parted--the young host to finish the evening with books and pipe, the young husband to set out on a twenty minutes' walk to his home. It was a cold, clear December night following a day of rain. A touch of frost in the air had dried the pavements, and Willoughby's footfall ringing upon the stones re-echoed down the empty suburban street.  AND EXCHANGED WITH HIM GOOD WISHES AND GOOD BYES MARRIAGE IS EVIDENTLY A MOST SUCCESSFUL INSTITUTION SAID HE HALF JESTING HALF SINCERE YOU ALMOST MAKE ME INCLINED TO GO AND GET MARRIED MYSELF CONFESS NOW YOUR THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN AT HOME THE WHOLE EVENING WILLOUGHBY THUS ADDRESSED TURNED RED TO THE ROOTS OF HIS HAIR BUT DID NOT DENY IT THE OTHER LAUGHED VERY COMMENDABLE THEY SHOULD BE HE CONTINUED SINCE YOU ARE SCARCELY SO TO SPEAK OUT OF YOUR HONEYMOON WITH A SOCIAL SMILE ON HIS LIPS WILLOUGHBY CALCULATED A MOMENT BEFORE REPLYING I HAVE BEEN MARRIED EXACTLY THREE MONTHS AND THREE DAYS THEN AFTER A FEW WORDS RESPECTING THEIR NEXT MEETING THE TWO SHOOK HANDS AND PARTED THE YOUNG HOST TO FINISH THE EVENING WITH BOOKS AND PIPE THE YOUNG HUSBAND TO SET OUT ON A TWENTY MINUTES WALK TO HIS HOME IT WAS A COLD CLEAR DECEMBER NIGHT FOLLOWING A DAY OF RAIN A TOUCH OF FROST IN THE AIR HAD DRIED THE PAVEMENTS AND WILLOUGHBY'S FOOTFALL RINGING UPON THE STONES RE ECHOED DOWN THE EMPTY SUBURBAN STREET
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