The women will no longer fear me so much. He shall not
regret this night's work.
So that is settled. I am so relieved, and more tired than I have ever
guessed a woman could be. Tired, tired, tired!
I'm sure it is the best thing I could do, now; but--Judge Baker is right!
What was it he said? "A loveless marriage,"--Oh, well, since I broke Ned
Hynes's heart by setting a silly little girl to drive him away, and broke
my own by breaking his, I haven't much cared what becomes of me; only to
be at peace.
It will be a relief to move out of this accursed flat, where I have spent
the gloomiest hours of my life.
BOOK V.
THE END OF THE BEGINNING.
(From the Shorthand Notes of John Burke.)
CHAPTER I.
THE DEEDS OF THE FARM.
Sunday, June 13.
In three days it will be a year since Helen promised to marry me, and on
that anniversary she will be my wife.
It is strange how exactly according to my plan things have come about--and
how differently from all that I have dreamed.
She is the most beautiful woman in the world; she is to be my wife sooner
than I dared to hope--and--I must be good to her.
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