But now we aren't going to worry one little worry, are we? I'll
straighten it all out in time. And now I really must go."
And so he went away with a parting kiss, leaving me very happy. I don't
know that I love him; or rather I know that I don't--but I shall be good
to him and make him so happy that he'll forget all the trouble I have cost
him. Dear old unselfish, patient John!
And I am more content and less torn by anxiety than I have been for many a
long day. It is such a relief!
And so I'm thinking it over. Even from the selfish standpoint I have not
done so badly. John is developing wonderfully. He is not so destitute of
social finesse as when he came, his language is better, his bearing more
confident. He makes a good figure in evening dress. He will be a famous
success in the law, and, with a beautiful wife to help him, he should go
far. He may be President some day, or Minister to the Court of St. James,
or a Justice of the Supreme Court.
Whatever his career, I shall help him. I have the power to do things in
the world as well as he. And once married, I may almost choose my friends
and his associates.
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