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This hermit life might have continued in town indefinitely had he not,
one morning, been surprised by a note from Eileen--the first he had ever
had from her.
It was only a very brief missive--piquant, amusing, innocently audacious
in closing--a mere reminder that he had promised to write to her; and
she ended it by asking him very plainly whether he had not missed her,
in terms so frank, so sweet, so confident of his inevitable answer, that
all the enchantment of their delightful intimacy surged back in one
quick tremor of happiness, washing from his heart and soul the clinging,
sordid, evil things which were creeping closer, closer to torment and
overwhelm him.
And all that day he went about his business quite happily, her letter in
his pocket; and that night, taking a new pen and pen holder, he laid out
his very best letter-paper, and began the first letter he had ever
written to Eileen Erroll.
"DEAR EILEEN: I have your charming little note from Silverside
reminding me that I had promised to write you.


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