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"We cannot do them any good. But I feel as if I should like to spendmy life in making people happy."
"How many people?" said her husband fondly, with a kiss or two whichexplained his meaning. Lois laughed out.
"Philip, I do not make you happy."
"You come very near it."
"But I mean – Your happiness has something better to rest on. I shouldlike to spend my life bringing happiness to the people who know nothingabout being happy."
"Do it, sweetheart!" said he, straining her a little closer. "And letme help."
"Let you help! – when you would have to do almost the whole. But, to besure, money is not all; and money alone will not do it, in most cases.Philip, I will tell you where I should like to begin."
"Where? I will begin there also."
"With Mrs. Barclay."
"Mrs. Barclay!" There came a sudden light into Philip's eyes.
"Do you know, she is not a happy woman?"
"I know it."
"And she seems very much alone in the world."
"She is alone in the world."
"And she has been so good to us! She has done a great deal for Madgeand me."
"She has done as much for me."
"I don't know about that. I do not see how she could. In a way, I oweher almost everything. Philip, you would never have married the woman Iwas three years ago."
"Don't take your oath upon that," he said lightly.
"But you would not, and you ought not."
"There is a counterpart to that. I am sure you would not have marriedthe man I was three years ago."
At that Lois laid down her face again for a moment on his breast.
"I had a pretty hard quarter of an hour in a sleigh with you once!" shesaid.
Philip's answer was again wordless.
"But about Mrs. Barclay?" said Lois, recovering herself.
"Are you one of the few women who can keep to the point?" said he, laughing.
"What can we do for her?"
"What would you like to do for her?"
"Oh – Make her happy!"
"And to that end – ?"
Lois lifted her face and looked into Mr. Dillwyn's as if she wouldsearch out something there. The frank nobleness which belonged to itwas encouraging, and yet she did not speak.
"Shall we ask her to make her home with us?"
"O Philip!" said Lois, with her face all illuminated, – "would you likeit?"
"I owe her much more than you do. And, love, I like what you like."
"Would she come?"
"If she could resist you and me together, she would be harder than Ithink her."
"I love her very much," said Lois thoughtfully, "and I think she lovesme. And if she will come – I am almost sure we can make her happy."
"We will try, darling."
"And these other people – we need not meet them at Zermatt, need we?"
"We will find it not convenient."
Neither at Zermatt nor anywhere else in Switzerland did the friendsagain join company. Afterwards, when both parties had returned to theirown country, it was impossible but that encounters should now and thentake place. But whenever and wherever they happened, Tom made them asshort as his wife would let him. And as long as he lives, he will neversee Mrs. Philip Dillwyn without a clouding of his face and a veryevident discomposure of his gay and not specially profound nature. Ithas tenacity somewhere, and has received at least one thing which itwill never lose.
THE END
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