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hour of Mabel's�察�and made memorable by one thing she said。 

     ;You might as well all get busy and learn to do such things�察─�she stated 

in her brisk voice。 ;One of our internes is over there�察�and he says we'll be 

in it before spring。; 

     After the meeting Sara Lee went up to Mabel and put a hand on her 

arm。 

     ;Are you going�拭─�she asked。 

     ;Leaving   day   after   to´morrow。 Why�拭─         �I   ´   couldn't   I   be   useful   over 

there�拭─�

     Mabel smiled rather grimly。 ;What can you do�拭─�

     ;I can cook。; 

     ;Only men cooks�察�my dear。 What else�拭─�

     ;I could clean up�察�couldn't I�拭�There must be something。 I'd do anything 

I could。 Don't they have people to wash dishes and´all that�拭─�

     Mabel was on doubtful ground there。 She knew of a woman who had 

been permitted to take over her own automobile�察�paying all her expenses 


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and buying her own tires and gasoline。 

     She carries supplies to small hospitals in out´of´the´way places�察─�she 

said。 ;But I don't suppose you can do that�察�Sara Lee�察�can you�拭─�

     However�察�she gave Sara Lee a New York address�察�and Sara Lee wrote 

and offered herself。 She said nothing to Aunt Harriet�察�who had by that time 

elected   to   take   Edgar's   room   at   Cousin   Jennie's   and   was   putting   Uncle 

James'     clothes    in  tearful   order   to   send   to  Belgium。      After   a  time    she 

received a reply。 We have put your name on our list of volunteers�察─�said 

the   letter�察  �but   of   course   you   understand   that   only   trained   workers   are 

needed   now。   France   and   England   are   full   of   untrained   women   who   are 

eager to help。; 

     It was that night that Sara Lee became engaged to Harvey。 

     Sara   Lee's   attitude   toward   Harvey   was   one   that   she   never   tried   to 

analyze。      When     he    was    not   with    her   she   thought     of   him    tenderly�察�

romantically。      This    was   perhaps     due   to  the   photograph      of  him   on    her 

mantel。 There was a dash about the picture rather lacking in the original�察�

for    it  was   a   profile�察  �and   in   it  the  young     man's    longish     hair�察 �worn 

pompadour�察�the slight thrust forward of the head�察�the arch of the nostrils�察� 

gave   him   a   sort   of   tense   eagerness�察  �a   look   of   running   against   the   wind。 

From the photograph Harvey might have been a gladiator�察�as a matter of 

fact he was a bond salesman。 

     So    during     the  daytime     Sarah     Lee   looked     ´  at  intervals    ´  at  the 

photograph�察  �and   got   that   feel   of   drive   and   force。   And   in   the   evenings 

Harvey came�察�and she lost it。 For�察�outside of a frame�察�he became a rather 

sturdy figure�察�of no romance�察�but of a comforting solidity。 A kindly young 

man�察�with a rather wide face and hands disfigured as to fingers by much 

early   baseball。   He   had   heavy   shoulders�察  �the   sort   a   girl   might   rely   on   to 

carry many burdens。 A younger and tidier Uncle James�察�indeed ´ the same 

cheery manner�察�the same robust integrity�察�and the same small ambition。 

     To earn enough to keep those dependent on him�察�and to do it fairly�察�to 

tell the truth and wear clean linen and not run into debt�察�and to marry Sara 

Lee   and love   and   cherish   her   all   his   life   ´   this   was   Harvey。 A  plain   and 

likable man�察�a lover and husband to be sure of。 But ´ 


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     He came that night to see Sarah Lee。 There was nothing unusual about 

that。 He came every night。 But he came that night full of determination。 

That was not unusual�察�either�察�but it had not carried him far。 He had no idea 

that his picture was romantic。 He would have demanded it back had he so 

much   as   suspected   it。   He   wore   his   hair   in   a   pompadour   because   of   the 

prosaic  fact   that   he had  a  cow´lick。  He  was   very  humble  about   himself�察�

and Sara Lee was to him as wonderful as his picture was to her。 

     Sara Lee was in the parlor�察�waiting for him。 The one electric lamp was 

lighted�察   �so  that   the  phonograph      in  one   corner    became    only   a  bit  of 

reflected light。 There was a gas fire going�察�and in front of it was a white 

fur    rug。   In   Aunt     Harriet's    circle   there   were     few    orientals。   The 

Encyc1opaedia Britannica�察�not yet entirely paid for�察�stood against the wall�察�

and a leather chair�察�hollowed by Uncle James' solid body�察�was by the fire。 

It   was   just   such   a   tidy�察  �rather   vulgar   and   homelike   room   as   no   doubt 

Harvey would picture for his own home。 He had of course never seen the 

white simplicity of Sara Lee's bedroom。 

     Sara Lee�察�in a black dress�察�admitted him。 When he had taken off his 

ulster and his overshoes ´ he had been raised by women ´ and came in�察�she 

was standing by the fire。 

     ;Raining�察─�he said。 ;It's getting colder。 May be snow before morning。; 

     Then he   stopped。 Sometimes   the wonder of   Sara Lee got him  in   the 

throat。 She had so much the look of being poised for flight。 Even in her 

quietest moments there was that about her ´ a sort of repressed eagerness�察�

a look of seeing things far away。 Aunt Harriet said that there were times 

when she had a ;flighty; look。 

     And    that   night  it  was   that  impression     of  elusiveness    that  stopped 

Harvey's amiable prattle about the weather and took him to her with his 

arms out。 

     ;Sara Lee� ─�he said。 ;Don't look like that� ─�

     ;Like what�拭─�said Sara Lee prosaically。 

     ;I don't know�察─�he muttered。 ;You ´ sometimes you look as though ´; 

Then he put his arms round her。 ;I love you�察─�he said。 ;I'll be good to you�察�

Sara Lee�察�if you'll have me。; He bent down and put his cheek against hers。 


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;If you'll only marry me�察�dear。; 

     A woman has a way of thinking most clearly and lucidly when the man 

has stopped thinking。 With his arms about her Harvey could only feel。 He 

was trembling。 As for Sara Lee�察�instantly two pictures f1ashed through her 

mind�察�each distinct�察�each clear�察�almost photographic。 One was of Anna�察�in 

her tiny house down the street�察�dragged with a nursing baby。 The other was 

that   one   from   a   magazine   of   a   boy   dying   on   a   battlefield   and   crying 

;Mother� ─�

     Two sorts of maternity ´ one quiet�察�peaceful�察�not always beautiful�察�but 

the thing by which and to which she had been reared�察�the other vicarious�察�

of all the world。 

     ;Don't you love me ´ that way�拭─�he said�察�his cheek still against hers。 

     ;I don't know。; 

     ;You don't know� ─�

     It   was   then   that   he   straightened   away   from   her   and   looked   without 

seeing at the blur of light which was the phonograph。 Sara Lee�察�glancing 

up�察�saw   him  then   as   he   was   in   the   photograph�察  �face  set   and   head   thrust 

forward�察�and that clean´cut drive of jaw and backward flow of heavy hair 

that marked him all man�察�and virile man。 

     She slipped her hand into his。 

     ;I   do   love   you�察  �Harvey�察─  �she   said�察  �and   went   into   his   arms   with   the 

complete surrender of a child。 

     He was outrageously happy。 He sat on the arm of Uncle James' chair 

where   she   was   almost   swallowed   up�察  �and   with   his   face   against   hers   he 

made his simple plans。 Now and then he kissed the little hollow under her 

ear�察�and because he knew nothing of the abandon of a woman in a great 

passion he missed nothing in her attitude。 Into her silence and passivity he 

read the reflection of his own adoring love and thought it hers。 

     To   be   fair   to   Sara   Lee�察  �she   imagined   that   her   content   in   Harvey's 

devotion was something mote�察�as much 

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