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He sought to dispel the cloud which his fancy had cast
upon the most satisfactory of love affairs.
'You are very lucky, my friend. Miss Margaret admires you as much as you
adore her. She is never tired of listening to my prosy stories of your
childhood in Alexandria, and I'm quite sure that she will make you the
most admirable of wives.'
'You can't be more sure than I am,' laughed Arthur.
He looked upon himself as a happy man. He loved Margaret with all his
heart, and he was confident in her great affection for him. It was
impossible that anything should arise to disturb the pleasant life
which they had planned together. His love cast a glamour upon his
work, and his work, by contrast, made love the more entrancing.
'We're going to fix the date of our marriage now,' he said. 'I'm buying
furniture already.'
'I think only English people could have behaved so oddly as you, in
postponing your marriage without reason for two mortal years.'
'You see, Margaret was ten when I first saw her, and only seventeen when
I asked her to marry me.


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