13/44 What's the matter with me, anyhow? Tell me straight, now! Is there anything that would prevent me from making a good husband to a woman that I loved ?" "I should say not." "He can't object to my worldly position, so it must be myself that he has this down on. What has he against me? And yet he would not so much as let me touch the tips of her fingers." "Did he say so ?" "That, and a deal more. I tell you, Watson, I've only known her these few weeks, but from the first I just felt that she was made for me, and she, too--she was happy when she was with me, and that I'll swear. |