He was urged to lecture in London, but declined. One of them-I feel no shame in admitting it-was that I had no intention of mentioning the stolen jewelry, or of allowing the others to do so. None of the incidents proved to be fatal, but any one of them might have been. Her vision of lifehad vastly enlarged; her intellect had flowered; her grasp ofpracticalities had become firm and sure.
You know my daughter-in-law, I said. High barren hills framed it on the east and west. I suppose I ought to be there, Cyrus said. He loved flowers--not as the embryo botanist orgardener, but as a personal friend.
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