"There isn't any hope.

Dick will never be better--and even if his memory were to come back--oh, Anne, it would be worse, even worse, than it is now.

This is something you can't understand, you happy bride.

Anne, did Miss Cornelia ever tell you how I came to marry Dick ?" "Yes." "I'm glad--I wanted you to know--but I couldn't bring myself to talk of it if you hadn't known.

Anne, it seems to me that ever since I was twelve years old life has been bitter.