12/23 All was dark--then the flash again! The rain now fell in a torrent. Alexander and I cleared it and widened it." She sat down. When he spoke of Alexander she thought of Alexander, without unkindness, without comparing, without compunction, a thought colorless and simple, as of one whom she had known and liked a long time ago. Indeed, it might be said that she had little here with which to reproach herself. She had been honest--had not said "Take!" where she could not fulfil.... |