11/11 I am a bachelor by nature, and instinct, and habit, and everything. Besides, though I respect her still (for she was not an atom to blame), I haven't any shadow of love for her. In my mind she exists as one of those women you think well of, but find uninteresting. It would be purely with the idea of putting wrong right that I should hunt her up, and propose to do it off-hand.' 'You don't think of it seriously ?' said his surprised friend. 'You'll soon be out of that chair, and then you can put your impulse to the test. |