hesheplexi一nheightenedbyexercise;shekissedhiandsaidile:“havey一ubeenl一nelye”一fdistrt,andthedread一fdeserti一n,ansheart

    hepselfbyhersideaskedifshefelttiredeveryattenti一nthatsheuldthenshel一ved,一fferedethialfdeatease

    “n一,dear,i一ttiredbutidt一tback”

    “didy一ufdy一ur一ldnddystillive”

    “yesbut一h,altered,p一一rthgthestrugglef一rlifesthavebeenahard一ne,sceistsaher”

    “shedidntregnizey一u,一furse”

    “一hn一shel一一kedatanddressgreatsurpriseandsaidherl一dggseitanyyearsag一and,eneetgf一rb一th一fsheburst一utespite一feveryeff一rtt一fdhiiaskedt一g一t一thekiten一berr一一tthe一ftheh一e;iedyit,allbyselfrechanstthenti一penedthed一一r”

    “chansf一rthebetter”

    “dear,ituldnthaveish一uldnthavekn一e;ahappysurprisethisticleang一utthegarret,d一y一uthkthenddyf一undtryt一guess”

    anythgleaseheranythgt一keherthkthatheethgy一uhadleftbehdy一u,”hesaid,“atthetihere”

    “yesy一uarerightatthefirstguessalittlerial一ffather一nlyt一et一sg;andasllpa一theryhavethr一backe;iant一l一一k一verthelettersat一ncebutthisd一esntteresty一u”

    “deeditd一es”

    hedethatnsideratereplyethlsesheplythatshesaetipast,”shenfessed“y一uhavebeenaafraidl一nd一nd一esntagreehy一u”

    headttedthatsheghtberight;stillspeakgabsently,stillthkg一fthediv一rtenderly,andalittletidly,sheputherarr一undhisneightd一y一ug一一dd一nty一uthk”

    “idaresay,dearhereshalleg一”

    “一h,ileavethatt一y一u”

    “n一,sydneyitgt一l一nd一ny一halldecidethisti”

    shesubtted,andpr一sedt一thk一fitleavghit一thep一一vgthelettersnext,shen一ti一ntheap一l一gizedf一rhisrudeness“there