Had he failed to do so, indeed, he must have been a very strange man, for he had much to make the poorest heart rejoice.
Thus Mary, always a charming woman, since her engagement had become absolutely delightful; witter, more wideawake, more beautiful.

Morris could look forward to the years to be spent in her company not only without misgiving, but with a confidence that a while ago he would have thought impossible.

Moreover, as good fortunes never come singly, his were destined to be multiplied.

It was in those days after so many years of search and unfruitful labour that at last he discovered a clue which in the end resulted in the perfection of the instrument that was the parent of the aerophone of commerce, and gave him a name among the inventors of the century which will not easily be forgotten.
Strangely enough it was Morris's good genius, Mary, who suggested the substance, or, rather, the mixture of substances, whereof that portion of the aerophone was finally constructed which is still known as the Monk Sound Waves Receiver.

Whether, as she alleged, she made this discovery by pure accident, or whether, as seems possible, she had thought the problem out in her own feminine fashion with results that proved excellent, does not matter in the least.