I wish you had known him.

It is curious how often this wish recurs to me; and so persistent was it in the Park that lovely Sunday that, at moments, it seemed as though we three were walking there together--he and you and I--quite happy in the silence of companionship which seemed not of yesterday but of years.
"It is rather a comforting faculty I have--this unconscious companionship with the absent.

Once I told you that you had been with me while you supposed yourself to be at Silverside.

Do you remember?
Now, here in the city, I walk with you constantly; and we often keep pace together through crowded streets and avenues; and in the quiet hours you are very often, seated not far from where I sit.

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