And for the first time Arthur welcomed that vision, felt that he could look into Hiram's grave, kind eyes without flinching and without the slightest inward reservation of blame or reproach.
It was some time before the bearing of the case of Lorry and Estelle upon the case of Arthur and Madelene occurred to him.

Once he saw this he could think of nothing else.

He got Lorry's permission to tell Madelene; and when she had the whole story he said, "You see its message to us ?" And Madelene's softly shining eyes showed that she did, even before her lips had the chance to say, "We certainly have no respectable excuse for waiting." "As soon as mother gets the office done," suggested Arthur.
* * * * * On the morning after the wedding, at a quarter before seven, Arthur and Madelene came down the drive together to the new little house by the gate.

And very handsome and well matched they seemed as they stood before her office and gazed at the sign: "Madelene Ranger, M.D." She unlocked and opened the door; he followed her in.

When, a moment later, he reappeared and went swinging down the street to his work, his expression would have made you like him--and envy him.