One anxious day, after the family doctor had left the sick child's room,
Marion, turning to the father and mother, said: "Greyhope will be itself
again. I will go and tell Richard that the danger is over."
As she turned to do so, Richard entered the room. "I have seen the
doctor," he began, "and the little chap is going to pull along like a
house afire."
Tapping Frank affectionately on the arm, he was about to continue, but
he saw what stopped him. He saw the last move in Frank Armour's tragic-
comedy. He and Marion left the room as quickly as was possible to him,
for, as he said himself, he was "slow at a quick march"; and a moment
afterwards the wife heard without demur her husband's tale of love for
her.
Yet, as if to remind him of the wrong he had done, Heaven never granted
Frank Armour another child.
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Every man should have laws of his own
Flood came which sweeps away the rust that gathers in the eyes
How can one force one's heart? No, no! One has to wait
Man or woman must not expect too much out of life
May be more beautiful in uncertain England than anywhere else
Men are shy with each other where their emotions are in play
Prepared for a kiss this hour and a reproach the next
Romance is an incident to a man
Simply to have death renewed every morning
To sorrow may their humour be a foil
We want to get more out of life than there really is in it
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Worth while to have lived so long and to have seen so much
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