8/20 He may die of something else in the end, but the probability is that he must reckon at last with that healed sore. The friendship may perish from some other cause--a marriage, or success in life, one of the two great severers--but that salved quarrel is more than likely to recur and kill at last. And it was the woman who, contrary to custom, fended the quarrel now. I was disappointed." "But you found Uncle Septimus in his study. I could hear you talking there until quite late." "Of course I was very glad to see him and talk with him. |