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"Then I wish she had not written; I do not like to see my little wife look
sad over anything. May I know what it is, dear? but do not tell me if you
had rather not, Dexie," and he drew her down to his knee.
"I do not think Elsie knew that her news would trouble me, for she seldom
sees beneath the surface of things. My marriage has given her mother a
great deal of trouble, and as she is the dearest little woman that I ever
knew, I feel very sorry."
"For your marriage or the 'little woman'?"
"What a tease you are!" joining in his laugh. "But there is a ludicrous
side to Elsie's story, too, though it is the unpleasant part of it that
strikes me first. Do you remember the threat that Hugh McNeil made when we
told him we were going to be married? Well, he has carried it out, and has
married Nina Gordon, my double, that I told you about. Oh, it is a shame! a
cruel shame! What a life she will lead with that passionate man, with no
love between them to soften his feelings! Hugh could never listen to her
patiently five minutes at a time; that is why he said he wished she was
dumb! Oh, Guy! I feel so grieved.
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