"Do you know, Dexie, dear," he added presently, "something in that letter
tells me that Hugh explained everything to Nina before he married her, and
she could have refused him if she objected to the conditions. Hugh's money
would overbalance many difficulties, and I have no doubt that Mrs. Gordon
urged her daughter to accept him, with a full knowledge of his reasons for
wishing to marry her. I feel sure that Nina is willing and anxious to
please Hugh, and he may yet find much happiness in the society of your
double. Few men would care to do such a thing, I admit, but if he finds any
solace in his disappointment in surrounding himself with things that are
dear to his memory and in making his wife a second Dexie, it is well."
POSTSCRIPT.
Having happily married my heroine and disposed of her lovers, it occurs to
me that I have reached the place where story-writers usually make a big
flourish, write "Finis," and then lay down the pen.
But the story of a person's life does not end with marriage, as some would
have us think, for marriage generally brings out one's best qualities or
develops the worst, and is sure to make or mar the life of every woman;
consequently, this story is not yet finished.
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