Out of the Past — page 122: what you’re looking at

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Out of the Past. 119g “Rose; do you know you are different?” “T hope not too different.” “But you are more complicated—more stunning.” ie hao Wie “Something has been happening to you.” Under his examination she looked up serenely. As he watched her his manner changed. “I thought I was talk- ing to the merry girl who left home going on two years ago. But I find a thoughtful woman—and—you have not been unhappy?” he asked, both diffidently and gently. She returned his look bravely, but her eyes soon deepened into sadness. It was he who had been her mother’s fa- vorite and at her wish it was he who had pronounced her mother’s funeral service. “Dear little friend, I have been rough and thoughtless. I came from your home and I bring you no comfort—only husks. The spot over in the silent resting-place is fair and green. Flowers have kept watch with every Lord’s day and many go there. Many whom your mother loved and helped.”’ “Who takes the flowers?” she asked, not trying to, hide the tears that were coming. He did not answer. “Is it you? Dear old Jack, she could be sure of you.” “T could not do less. Did you know it was your mother who helped me once at college when I must have given CONNICLOOOKS.!