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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. 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
k in his revolving chair clasped his hands behind his head and fell into a reverie. The various diplomatic posts that might be opened to him crossed his mind in procession. If A or B or C were possible, his wife would be content, and their combined incomes might be sufficient to bring the children together, if not quite under one roof, then to points not so far separated from each other but that a speaking acquaintance might be developed. Tom was the farthest away, and he was the dearest; the only Hamilton of the lot; the only one who loved his father. Mr. Hamilton leaned forward abstractedly, and fumbling through one drawer of his desk after another succeeded in bringing out a photograph of Tom, taken at seventeen or eighteen. Then by a little extra search he found his wife in her presentation dress at a foreign court. There was no comfort or companionship in that, it was too furbelowed to be anybody's wife,--but underneath it in the same frame was one taken just after their marriage. R CIGAR AND LEANING BACK IN HIS REVOLVING CHAIR CLASPED HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD AND FELL INTO A REVERIE THE VARIOUS DIPLOMATIC POSTS THAT MIGHT BE OPENED TO HIM CROSSED HIS MIND IN PROCESSION IF A R B ER C WERE POSSIBLE HIS WIFE WOULD BE CONTENT AND THEIR COMBINED INCOMES MIGHT BE SUFFICIENT TO BRING THE CHILDREN TOGETHER IF NOT QUITE UNDER ONE ROOF THAN TO POINTS NOT SO FAR SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BUT THAT A SPEAKING ACQUAINTANCE MIGHT BE DEVELOPED TOM WAS THE FARTHEST AWAY AND HE WAS THE DEAREST THE ONLY HAMILTON OF THE LOT THE ONLY ONE WHO LOVED HIS FATHER MISTER HAMILTON LEANED FORWARD ABSTRACTEDLY AND FUMBLING THROUGH ONE DRAWER OF HIS DESK AFTER ANOTHER SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING OUT A PHOTOGRAPH OF TOM TAKEN AT SEVENTEEN OR EIGHTEEN THEN BY A LITTLE EXTRA SEARCH HE FOUND HIS WIFE IN HER PRESENTATION DRESS AT A FOREIGN COURT THERE WAS NO COMFORT OR COMPANIONSHIP IN THAT IT WAS TOO FRED TO BE ANYBODY'S WIFE BUT UNDERNEATH IT IN THE SAME FRAME WAS ONE TAKEN JUST AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE
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