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THE IMPOSSIBLE WORD 217his way to see Rosemary West, and he meant to tellher something which had been slowly blossoming inhis heart since their first meeting and had sprung intofull flower on the evening when Faith had so warmlyvoiced her admiration for Rosemary.He had come to realize that he had learned to carefor Rosemary. Not as he had cared for Cecilia, ofcourse. That was entirely different. That love ofromance and dream and glamour could never, hethought, return. But Rosemary was beautiful andsweet and dear very dear. She was the best of companions.He was happier in her company than hehad ever expected to be again. She would be an idealmistress for his home, a good mother to his children.During the years of his widowhood Mr. Meredithhadreceived innumerable hints from brother membersofPresbytery and from many parishioners who couldnot be suspected of any ulterior motive, as well as from*some who could, that he ought to marry again.Butthese hints never made any impression on him. Itwas commonly thought he was never aware of them.And in his-But he was quite acutely aware of them.own occasional visitations of common sense he knewthat the common sensible thingfor him to do was toBut common sense was not the strong pointmarry.of John Meredith, and to choose out, deliberately andcold-bloodedly, some "suitable" woman, as one mightchoose a housekeeper or a business partner, was somethinghe was quite incapable of doing. How he hated

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